Arnold Lotz

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Arnold Lotz (born March 26, 1851 in Döbling , † March 28, 1930 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

After finishing secondary school, Arnold Lotz attended the Polytechnic in Vienna from 1868 to 1871 . After this engineering apprenticeship, he began to work, but returned to this institute after the polytechnic was upgraded to the technical college and studied from 1877 to 1880 with Heinrich von Ferstel and Karl König . Then he went into business for himself with his fellow student Joseph von Wieser; the office community existed for ten years and was dissolved in 1891. In addition, Lotz also practiced at the large architecture firm Helmer und Fellner . After 1891 Lotz continued to work alone.

There was a dispute with the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects , as a result of which he resigned his membership there in 1901 and went to Budapest . There he took part in the triangulation of the city as a geometer and later worked in the city planning department of Budapest. After the First World War he returned to Vienna and rejoined the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects in 1922. Lotz died at the age of 79 and was buried in the Matzleinsdorf Evangelical Cemetery .

plant

Vorlaufstrasse 1 (1890)
Marc-Aurel-Hof (1891-1892)
Linke Wienzeile 44 (1899)

Arnold Lotz was a representative of the historicist architectural style. In his residential and commercial buildings, he initially preferred forms of the German Renaissance, later the Neo-Baroque . His buildings are usually richly decorated. In the commercial buildings, he was open to new technical developments, such as the column construction.

Lotz also dealt with town planning. He called for the creation of large boulevards and squares in the city center for Vienna, modeled on Paris or London . So he wanted to create a Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Jubileeplatz behind St. Stephen's Cathedral as a counterpart to the Graben . It is possible that the ineffectiveness of his efforts in this regard was the reason why he left Vienna and went to Budapest.

Together with Joseph von Wieser:

  • Residential house , Veithgasse 4, Vienna 3 (1884)
  • Rental house , Eggerthgasse 8, Vienna 6 (1886)
  • Rental house , Eggerthgasse 10 / Luftbadgasse 19, Vienna 6 (1887)
  • Rental house , Luftbadgasse 17, Vienna 6 (1887)
  • Rental house , Dürergasse 18 / Eggerthgasse 6, Vienna 6 (1887)
  • Rental houses , Czerningasse 15–23, Vienna 2 (1887)
  • Residential and commercial building , Vorlaufstrasse 4 / Salzgries 13, Vienna 1 (1887), destroyed
  • Residential and commercial building , Salzgries 6 / Salztorgasse 1, Vienna 1 (1887)
  • Residential house , Strohgasse 35, Vienna 3 (1888)
  • Residential and commercial building "To the 3 golden roofs" , Marc Aurel-Straße 3, Vienna 1 (1890)

in sole responsibility:

  • Rental house “Vorlauf-Hof” , Vorlaufstrasse 1, Vienna 1 (1890), corner dome removed
  • Rental house "Marc Aurel-Hof" , Marc Aurel-Straße 6, Vienna 1 (1891–1892)
  • Residential house , Strohgasse 22 / Veithgasse / Moroccanergasse, Vienna 3 (1893), rebuilt after being hit by a bomb, frame frame preserved
  • Residential and commercial building , Mariahilfer Strasse 3, Vienna 6 (1894), executed by F. Frauenfeld
  • Residential and commercial building , Mariahilfer Strasse 7, Vienna 6 (1894), demolished
  • Residential and commercial building , Mariahilfer Strasse 29, Vienna 6 (1895), executed by F. Frauenfeld
  • Rental house , Schulerstraße 22, Vienna 1 (1896)
  • Rental house , Spiegelgasse 4, Vienna 1 (1896)
  • Hotel Crikvenica , Crikvenica (around 1896)
  • "Bärringer-Hof" rental house , Fischerstiege 9, Vienna 1 (1897)
  • Rental house , Salzgries 15, Vienna 1 (1899), facade simplified
  • Rental house , Linke Wienzeile 44, Vienna 6 (1899), with Kupka & Orglmeister

literature

  • Helmut Weihsmann: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects . Promedia, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85371-234-7 , p. 234 (incorrect data)

Web links

Commons : Arnold Lotz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Lotz:  "Kaiserin Elisabeth Monument" on the "Kaiser Franz Josef-Jubiläums-Platz". Lecture given at the plenary assembly of the Lower Austrian Trade Association in Vienna on February 14th. J. by the architect -. In:  Architects and Builders' Newspaper. Illustrated magazine for the entire construction industry, the construction business and realities traffic (...) , No. 12/1902 (XI. Year), March 23, 1902, pp. 1–3. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / abu,
    -:  -, continued. In:  - , No. 14/1902 (Volume XI), April 6, 1902, p. 2. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / abu,
    -:  -, continued. In:  - , No. 16/1902 (11th year), April 20, 1902, p. 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / abu,
    -:  -, that's it. In:  - , No. 17/1902 (XI. Volume), April 27, 1902, p. 3 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / abu.
personal data
SURNAME Lotz, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Dobling
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1930
Place of death Vienna