Bernhard Tönies

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Bernhard Tönies (born July 19, 1906 in Borghorst ; † May 1, 1965 in Münster ) was a German architect .

Life

Bernhard Tönies grew up in Borghorst with 7 siblings, his father was a teacher in Ostendorf. After his school education in Borghorst, Tönies completed a mason training (1922-1925). He then attended the Higher Technical State College in Münster (1925–1927), which he graduated in 1927 as a master builder. He studied from 1927 to 1929 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Emil Fahrenkamp and Fritz Becker . As an employee in the Fahrenkamp office in 1927, he participated in the competition design for the Ethnological Palace in Geneva, which was awarded first prize. After graduating in 1929, he first worked in the architecture office of his uncle Heinrich Tönies in Münster, until he set up on his own in Münster in 1932. In the years 1932–1940 he erected the first residential buildings that can be assigned to the New Building . He built his own house from 1938–1940 in the artist village of Angelmodde, which he founded there with artist colleagues who were friends. With these he was also involved in the Free Artist Community Schanze , which showed his first work exhibition in 1949. After 1945, Bernhard Tönies in Münster was one of the artistically open-minded architects who encouraged a younger generation to adopt new architectural approaches - including the architects of the city theater ( Harald Deilmann , Max von Hausen , Ortwin Rave , Werner Ruhnau ) in Münster. During the reconstruction work until his untimely death in 1965, he built a number of modern residential and commercial buildings, school buildings and a motorway service station.

Buildings and designs (selection)

Until 1945:

  • 1931: Port facility with restaurant and café on Lake Aasee in Münster (with Heinrich Tönies, design)
  • 1932: Bröker residential and studio house in Münster, Maximilianstrasse. 7b
  • 1932: Cesarz house in Münster-Hiltrup , Max-Winkelmann-Str. 10
  • 1934: Villa Debbert for Dr. Hohenhorst in Borghorst, Münsterstrasse 35
  • 1936: Apartment building, eight-family house in Münster, Hammer Strasse
  • 1937: Tenement house, twelve-family house in Münster, Bernhardstrasse
  • 1938–1940: Own house in Münster-Angelmodde

After 1945:

  • 1949: Atelier building in Münster-Angelmodde (draft)
  • 1951: Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff primary school in Münster-Angelmodde
  • 1953: Oase House in Münster, Bahnhofstrasse
  • 1954: House T. in Telgte
  • 1955: Tenement houses in Münster, Hammer Strasse
  • 1955: Tenement houses in Münster, Geiststrasse
  • 1955: Agricultural school in Borghorst (realized after 1st prize)
  • 1956–1958: Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Münster, Schlossplatz
  • 1958–1959: St. Bernhard Church in Münster-Angelmodde
  • 1960–1962: Office and commercial building in Münster, Ludgeriplatz
  • 1962–1964: Elementary schools in Münster, Pötterhoek (realized after 1st prize)
  • 1965–1968: Service station Münsterland-Ost in Münster-Roxel, motorway service station

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personal data
SURNAME Tönies, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Borghorst
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1965
Place of death Muenster