Anton Huber (architect)
Anton Huber (born May 14, 1818 in Poysdorf , † August 3, 1874 in Vienna ) was an Austrian city architect and local politician.
Life
Anton Huber was the son of a master brewer and was born in Poysdorf in Lower Austria . In 1844 he came to Vienna as a day laborer, where he first worked as a dike digger and later as a bricklayer. He was able to work his way up to foreman and finally became a builder in 1859. He only succeeded in doing this on the basis of his practical experience, because he had no theoretical knowledge or school education. In 1861 he became a citizen of Vienna. From 1864 he lived in Josefstadt (in a house he had built himself), where he was also politically active. In 1865 he belonged to the district committee of Josefstadt and was a liberal councilor for the 8th district from 1867 to 1874 . In this role he was mainly concerned with issues relating to construction. Huber ran a successful builder business and made a considerable fortune.
Anton Huber was married and had six children. He died of pneumonia at the age of 56 and was buried in the Sankt Marxer Friedhof .
The Hubergasse in Ottakring was named after him as early as 1856 , as he had built the first houses here around 1850 and the alley therefore goes back to him.
buildings
Anton Huber was a representative of historicism . He began as a builder in the Viennese suburbs with simple two- to three-storey houses that had little or no decor. Later he built rental houses near the city center, which had stronger decorative elements in the neo-renaissance style , such as plastic window canopies or corner bevels with attached bay windows. Huber's career from the simplest of circumstances to a successful building contractor is remarkable.
- Row of houses on the west side , Hubergasse, Vienna 16 (around 1850), only partially preserved, many times rebuilt
- Rental house , Marchettigasse 12 / Sandwirtgasse 20, Vienna 6 (1859), demolished
- Rental house , Marchettigasse 18, Vienna 6 (1859)
- Rental houses , Bernardgasse 26, 30, 32 and 34, Vienna 7 (1859)
- Rental house , Sandwirtgasse 18, Vienna 6 (1860), facade partially chipped
- Rental houses , Laudongasse 34a and 34b / Daungasse 2, Vienna 8 (1864), demolished
- Rental house , Daungasse 4, Vienna 8 (1864)
- Rental house , Getreidemarkt 15, Vienna 6 (1865)
- Rental house , Gumpendorfer Strasse 63f / Corneliusgasse 11, Vienna 6 (1867)
- Residential and commercial building , Getreidemarkt 16, Vienna 1 (1868)
- Residential and commercial building , Getreidemarkt 18, Vienna 1 (1868)
- Residential and commercial building , Getreidemarkt 14, Vienna 1 (1869)
- Rental house , Radetzkystraße 20, Vienna 3 (1870)
- “Bären-Villa” , Andergasse 8, Vienna 17 (1870), adaptation
- Rental house , Veronikagasse 6, Vienna 17
- Rental house , Lederergasse 3, Vienna 8, demolished
literature
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Hubergasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , pp. 278-278 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Anton Huber (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
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SURNAME | Huber, Anton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian city architect and local politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Poysdorf |
DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1874 |
Place of death | Vienna |