Anton Hefft
Anton Hefft (born December 15, 1815 in Vienna , † July 23, 1900 in Mauer ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Anton Hefft was the son of a master carpenter. After secondary school , he attended the polytechnic from 1832-1833 . In 1833, however, he switched to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna to study architecture with Peter von Nobile . In 1834 he was awarded the Gundel Prize and in 1836 the Rosenbaum Prize. Before completing his studies in 1836, he again attended the Polytechnic from 1835 to 1838 in order to also thoroughly master the technical side of construction. Afterwards Hefft went for several years in the Wallachia .
In 1846 Anton Hefft became a member of the Lower Austrian Trade Association, architecture department. He became acquainted with Archduke Albrecht , for whom he subsequently carried out several construction contracts. In 1853 he returned to Vienna. In 1861 he became a member of the Künstlerhaus , where he later served on the board, and in 1866 a full member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 1881 he was awarded the Franz Joseph Order .
Anton Hefft and his wife Ludovika Hochfellner had two daughters, the older of whom was married to the architect Robert Raschka , with whom Hefft had also worked. In old age Hefft lived penniless with his daughter in Mauer near Vienna.
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Anton Hefft's work can be grasped with only relatively few buildings from early historicism and from the first phase of the Ringstrasse era. The well-known buildings, however, show a wide range of different construction tasks, such as villas, residential and commercial buildings, chapels, theaters, baths, etc., which he implemented flexibly in different historical styles.
- National Theater Bucharest (1852), executed according to plans by Alexander Orascu
- Rudolfsvilla , Thalhofstraße 6, Reichenau an der Rax (1856–1857)
- Weilburg Castle Chapel , Baden (1857–1858), demolished
- Chapel of Weikersdorf Castle , Baden (1859–1860), today a hotel
- Residential and commercial building , Operngasse 4, Vienna 1 (1862–1864)
- Administration building of the former Archduke Albrecht-Palais , Goethegasse 1 / Hanuschgasse 3, Vienna 1 (1862–1863), formerly Albrechtsgasse, made by Anton Ölzelt
- Residential and commercial building , Schubertring 7, Vienna 1 (1865–1866), built by client Anton Ölzelt
- Facade design of the former Palais Archduke Albrecht ( Albertina ), Albertinaplatz , Vienna 1 (1865–1867), destroyed in the Second World War, rebuilt in a reduced manner
- Cold water facility "Rudolfsbad" , Reichenau an der Rax (1866), for the Waisnix brothers, demolished in 1969
- Parliament building , Brno , Moravia (1870), with Robert Raschka
- Chapel Villa Epstein (for Archduke Rainer ), Rainerweg 1–3, Baden (1875)
- Conversion of the Archduke Albrecht Villa , Arco
literature
- Hefft, Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 236.
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Hefft Anton. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 108 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hefft, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1900 |
| Place of death | Wall |