Camillo Fritz Discher

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Camillo Fritz Discher (born October 11, 1884 in Vienna ; † February 25, 1976 in Purkersdorf , Lower Austria ) was an Austrian architect.

Life

Discher was the son of a building contractor. He attended the State Trade School in Vienna from 1899 to 1903 and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Otto Wagner from 1904 to 1907. In 1906 he received the Golden Füger Medal . After completing his studies, Discher worked in several architectural offices, including in Germany from 1909 to 1913. In 1914 he received the master builder license.

In the twenties Discher created his main works, several large residential complexes for the municipality of Vienna, in collaboration with several other Otto Wagner students. Even after the Second World War , he was again entrusted with the planning of some municipal buildings in Vienna. He died of old age in Purkersdorf.

meaning

In his community housing, Camillo Fritz Discher combined expressive with painterly and local style features. He liked to use arbors and corner balconies, polygonal bay windows and hipped roofs. He made a significant contribution to the so-called “Viennese community building style ” of the twenties, which tried to combine modern construction with traditional Austrian forms.

Works

List of works

Anton-Kohl- Hof (1927-28)
  • Pernerstorferhof residential complex , Vienna 10, Troststrasse 68–70 (1925–26), together with Paul Gütl
  • Housing complex Am Wienerberg , Vienna 12, Wienerbergstrasse 20 (1925–26), together with Paul Gütl
  • Anton Kohl-Hof residential complex, Vienna 3, Rüdengasse 8–10 (1927–28), together with Paul Gütl
  • Indianerhof residential complex , Vienna 12, Aichholzgasse 52–54 (1927–30), together with Karl Dirnhuber
  • Housing complex , Vienna 23, Schöffelgasse 26 (1949), together with Engelbert Mang
  • Part 1 of the residential complex , Vienna 22, Eßling, Kirchenplatz (1953)
  • Part 2 of the residential complex , Vienna 22, Eßling, Hauptstrasse 76 (1956)
  • Residential complex , Vienna 23, Ketzergasse 101-103 (1960)

Books

  • The German construction works in the Middle Ages and their secrets , 1932

Illustrations

  • Indian court

  • Indian farm (detail)

  • Am Wienerberg (1930)

  • At the Wienerberg

literature

  • Hans and Rudolf Hautmann: The municipal housing of the Red Vienna 1919-1934 . Vienna 1980

Web links

Commons : Camillo Fritz Discher  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Camillo Fritz Discher. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.

personal data
SURNAME Discher, Camillo Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Discher, Kamillo Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1976
Place of death Purkersdorf