Bruno Buchwieser senior
Bruno Buchwieser (born December 5, 1883 in Linz , † September 15, 1960 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Buchwieser attended the foremen's school after completing elementary and community school. In 1911 he passed the master builder examination and received the associated license. He was wounded in the First World War .
In the inter-war period, despite the difficult economic situation, he repeatedly managed to get orders. These were mainly from the Catholic Church . He planned and built numerous churches, religious hospitals and convent buildings, such as the Church of the Carmelites in Vienna. Buchwieser also worked abroad, for example in Hungary , Switzerland and the Netherlands .
After the “ Anschluss ” in 1938, he joined the NSDAP in order to receive orders. He was approved as an expert for the German Reichsfront for the execution of high-rise buildings and as an expert for appraisals for urban property.
In 1945 his company was commissioned to repair St. Stephen's Cathedral . His son Bruno Buchwieser junior , who founded the Austrian young workers' movement and received the Karl Renner Prize in 1953 , and his daughter Helene Koller-Buchwieser (1912–2008) also went through his school and became well-known architects.
His sacred buildings were, although the time of historicism was already over, carried out in the basic features of medieval buildings, as they still preferred the official church.
Realizations (selection)
- 1912–1913 St. Koloman Monastery in Stockerau
- 1923–1928 Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Floridsdorf
- 1928–1929 monastery church and monastery of the Eucharist in Vienna, today Laaerberg Neulandschule
- 1931–1932 Sacred Heart of Jesus Atonement Church in Vienna
- 1934–1935 Divine Savior Hospital in Vienna
- 1936–1937 St. Koloman Monastery; Extension to the north wing and a new church
Web links
- Bruno Buchwieser senior. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vienna City Hall Correspondence, December 22, 1953, sheet 2102
- ↑ Vienna City Hall Correspondence, January 16, 1954, sheet 67
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buchwieser, Bruno |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buchwieser, Bruno Leo Oskar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |
DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1960 |
Place of death | Vienna |