August Weber (architect)

August Weber (also: А́вгуст Его́рович Ве́бер ( Awgust Jegorowitsch Weber ); born December 29, 1836 in Prague ; † August 16, 1903 in Moscow ) was an Austrian architect who mainly worked in Russia . He has decisively shaped the Moscow cityscape. In Austria he built the artist house and the horticultural building , two early buildings from the Vienna Ringstrasse era .

life and work

Wiener Künstlerhaus, central part by August Weber

Nikolskaya Street, Moscow, Slaviansky Bazar and Hotel, built by August Weber, postcard around 1900

Weber studied architecture at the Vienna Academy . He came to Moscow in 1871 through an invitation from the Russian entrepreneur AA Porokhovshchikov . Here he opened his own architecture office with the Russian architect Alexander Kaminski . Weber realized numerous buildings and conversions in Moscow. During this time he worked with the Russian architect Ivan Maschkow . Due to the increasing density of buildings in the center of Moscow, only a few of Weber's mostly relatively low buildings have survived in their original form; in many cases, there were conversions and additions . Weber was buried in the Vvedenskoye cemetery after his death .

Buildings (selection)

Horticultural building , Vienna 1863–64
Künstlerhaus Vienna 1865–68
Jelissejew delicatessen shop (Moscow) , renovation from 1874
Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul (Moscow)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Weber, August . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 53rd part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1886, p. 169 ( digital copy ).

Web links

Commons : August Weber - Collection of images, videos and audio files

August Weber (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.

Individual evidence

↑ "In its original, noble and uniform form", says Max von Proskowetz , Ármin Vámbéry: From the Newastrand to Samarkand: through Russia on new tracks to Inner Asia , Vienna Ed. Hölzel 1889, p. 78.

personal data
SURNAME	Weber, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Russian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	August 16, 1903
Place of death	Moscow

[1] "In its original, noble and uniform form", says Max von Proskowetz , Ármin Vámbéry: From the Newastrand to Samarkand: through Russia on new tracks to Inner Asia , Vienna Ed. Hölzel 1889, p. 78.