Carl Schumann (architect)
Carl Schumann (born December 5, 1827 in Esslingen , † April 29, 1898 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Carl Schumann studied architecture at the Stuttgart Polytechnic from 1844 . On February 2, 1847, he was one of the founders of the Stauffia Association, later the Stauffia Corps . After completing his studies, he went to Vienna in 1850. In Ludwig von Förster's construction office , he carried out the first independent planning, of which the synagogues in Budapest and Timisoara and the administrative building of the Danube Steamship Company in Budapest should be mentioned.
From 1857 to 1869 he headed the structural engineering department of the Austro-Hungarian State Railroad Company. During this time he carried out the construction of the Vienna State Railway Station, also known as the Ostbahnhof, as well as the construction of some official buildings and numerous rental houses. In many of these works he worked with Wilhelm von Flattich .
In 1869 he switched to the Vienna Construction Company as construction director and managing director, and he managed their business until 1898. In 1873 he was also appointed to the company's board of directors. There he worked with the architects Ludwig Tischler and Theodor Bach . In addition to planning various hotels, especially for the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , the company concentrated on the planning and construction of prestigious rental houses in the inner city area of Vienna. More than one hundred houses were built by the company under the leadership of Schumann, which still shape the cityscape of Vienna today. Some of them are included in the list of listed objects in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City .
Through his involvement in numerous boards of directors and commissions, Schumann was one of the most important personalities in Viennese society.
Buildings
- Synagogue in Temesvar (1865)
- Administration building of the Danube Steamship Company in Budapest (around 1850)
- Rental house Kärntner Ring 8 , Vienna (completed 1861, with Wilhelm Flattich)
- Residential building Babenberger Straße 5 , Vienna (completed in 1865)
- Wiener Staatsbahnhof (Ostbahnhof) , Wiedner Gürtel 1b, Vienna (completed in 1870, not preserved)
- Palais Landau , Vienna (completed in 1870)
- House at Hansenstrasse 2-6 , Vienna (completed in 1872)
- Palais Lieben-Auspitz , Universitätsring 4. Vienna (completed in 1874, with Ludwig Tischler)
- Rental apartment building Universitätsring 6 , Vienna (completed in 1874, with Ludwig Tischler)
- Former Hardegg Foundation House , Kärntner Straße 39, Vienna (completed in 1888)
- Workshop building of the Wiener Lokomotivfabrik AG in Floridsdorf
Awards
- In 1866 Schumann was made an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , and in 1868 a full member.
- In 1873 he was appointed kuk building officer.
- In 1896 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order for the expansion of the Michaeler wing of the Vienna Hofburg .
Offices and memberships
- From 1852 until his death, Schumann was a member of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects, of which he was part of the board.
- In 1873 he became a member of the Vienna Fine Arts Cooperative
- From 1878 he belonged to the committee of the Austrian engineer u. Architects' association for the new building regulations for Vienna from 1883.
- From 1889 to 1891 he was a member of the board of directors of the First Austrian Construction and Transport Company.
- He was also a member of the board of directors of the Wiener Spiegelglasversicherungsgesellschaft.
- From 1889 to 1898 he was a member of the examination committee of the Vienna University of Technology .
literature
- W. Krause - E. Springer: Schumann Carl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 366 f. (Direct links on p. 366 , p. 367 ).
Web links
- Carl Schumann at www.architektenlexikon.at (with picture)
- kuk Building Councilor Carl Schumann. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl Heydt: Chronicle of the Corps Stauffia zu Stuttgart , 1960, p. 115
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schumann, Carl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1827 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Esslingen |
DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1898 |
Place of death | Vienna |