August Boyer
August Boyer (born February 18, 1908 in Lucerne ; † November 13, 2002 there ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
August Boyer was of French-Swiss descent (father from the south of France from Nice , mother Entlebucherin from Doppleschwand ). He studied at the ETH Zurich Architecture , graduating in 1931. In the following years he worked with the architect Karl Moser in Zurich, Gisbert Meyer in Lucerne and a short time at Le Corbusier in Paris . From 1935 to 1937 he was chief architect of the Czech shoe company BATA in France for its 150 properties and shops .
In 1938 he founded his own architecture office in Lucerne. During his activity as a freelance architect, numerous, mostly larger buildings were built, especially sacred buildings, hospitals and homes, industrial and administrative buildings, staff houses and canteens, as well as original exhibition buildings. Its architecture sprang from the spirit of “New Building”, reflected the time of change and was committed to so-called modernism . Some of his buildings are listed as worthy of protection, some as worth preserving in the inventory of the monument preservation .
In 1951/1952 he was chief architect of the world exhibition of photography in Lucerne and in this function he realized the “photo tower” on Bahnhofplatz. From 1974 to 1976, as a member of the SAC Central Committee, he was head of the hut commission and was responsible for all SAC huts in Switzerland. In 1978 he retired from professional life and handed the office over to his son Markus Boyer , who ran it in the second generation.
Works (selection)
Boyer created various buildings for Schindler AG , the St. Anna Clinic in Lucerne , the Eidgenössische Flugzeugwerke Emmen , the Alpnach military airfield and the Emmen military airfield , among others . Other projects included:
- Jochpass ski lift , Engelberg 1943 (first ski lift in Central Switzerland)
- Michaelskreuz chapel , Root parish, 1946–1947
- Luthern Bad Church , 1947–1948
- Lieutenancy Office Lucerne (with Arch. M. Raeber) 1947–1948
- SUVA west wing, Lucerne, 1952–1955
- “Bazar” shop buildings at Bahnhofplatz, Bürgenstock , 1954–1956
- «Museggstollen» (old town parking under Musegg) Idea and project, Lucerne 1956
- Conversion and restoration of Schüpfheim Monastery, 1958
- Blue Ring and Congregation Center, Einsiedeln, 1957–1959
- Schoolhouse and gym, Littau-Dorf, 1959–1960
- Bruchmatt Chapel, Bruchmatt House, Lucerne, 1959–1961
- CKW headquarters, Bürglen power station, 1963–1965
- Parish church and parish hall, Udligenswil , 1963–1966
- Reconstruction of the small theater in Lucerne , 1972
Web links
- August Boyer , in the Swiss Architecture Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boyer, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2002 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |