Eduard Kaiser (architect)

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Eduard Kaiser (born February 6, 1831 in Straß im Straßertale , Lower Austria , † January 2, 1911 in Vienna ) was an Austrian builder and architect .

Life

Eduard Kaiser came from the Lower Austrian town of Straß in the Krems district . His brother was the notary Ignaz Kaiser von Falkenthal. He completed secondary school and then attended the Polytechnic in Vienna from 1846 to 1851 . From 1851 to 1854 he studied with August Sicard von Sicardsburg at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . In 1859 he acquired the master builder license and worked independently both according to his own plans and in the construction work for other architects. In 1860 he became a citizen of Vienna, and in 1861 a member of the cooperative of visual artists of Vienna .

In the 1860s, Kaiser focused primarily on building construction as a master builder. From 1862 to 1869 he was a member of the Vienna Construction Commission. In 1864 he received the Golden Cross of Merit with a crown for building the Rudolfstiftung Hospital . In 1864 he became a member of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects ; On his initiative, a court of arbitration for technical disputes was set up there. In 1865 he became an honorary citizen of the city of Krems because he had built some buildings there based on his own designs. From 1866 he belonged to the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce, and in that year he also became a member of the specialist commission for the introduction of the metric system.

At the end of the 1860s he joined the newly founded Viennese construction company, of which he was a member of the board of directors, and was in charge of the construction work for their construction projects. This included the most important public buildings of the time, but also numerous residential buildings designed by the company's chief architects. Kaiser eventually became president of the Viennese construction company.

As a respected and wealthy member of Viennese society, Eduard Kaiser was entrusted with numerous other functions. He became a building officer in 1873 and sat on the municipal council for the 9th district between 1875 and 1891 . In 1876 ​​he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order for the execution of the parish church in Fünfhaus . From 1877 he was also a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , where he was consulted on technical matters. Other offices that Kaiser filled were in 1881 membership in the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Art and Industry , membership in the Danube Regulation Commission and the Waterways Advisory Board, membership in the Board of Trustees of the Imperial and Royal Technological Trade Museum ; he was vice-president of the Association of the German People's Theater and treasurer of the Boden-Creditanstalt . In 1885 he became senior building officer, in 1891 he became a knight of the Iron Crown Order III. Class.

Kaiser had four children from his first marriage in 1861, of whom the eldest son Max Kaiser also became a builder and architect. The Kaiser's second marriage ended in divorce. After his death he was given a grave of honor in Krems, for whose mausoleum his son Max provided the designs.

plant

For the buildings according to his own designs, Kaiser initially used a simple design language from early historicism , later also from the neo-renaissance . His talent, however, lay mainly in the creation of floor plans and the internal structuring of the buildings. This, together with his training at the academy, made him the leading master builder of his time, who carried out the most important building projects of the Ringstrasse era.

Kärntner Ring 6 (1860)
Bundesrealgymnasium Krems (1863-1865)
Ringstrasse 44 (1868-1870)
Hotel Kummer , with Ludwig Tischler and design by Carl Schumann
(1870–1872)
  • Floor plan for Handelsakademie , Akademiestraße 12, Vienna 1 (around 1859), with Josef Horky, facade by Ferdinand Fellner the Elder
  • Residential and commercial building , Kärntner Ring 6, Vienna 1 (1860)
  • Residential building , Rudolfsplatz 5, Vienna 1 (1861), facade chipped
  • Bundesrealgymnasium , Ringstrasse 33, Krems (1863-1865)
  • Workshops, stores, offices for the Imperial and Royal State Railway Company (around 1864)
  • Residential and commercial building , Franz-Josefs-Kai 39, Vienna 1 (1868)
  • Building of the advance club , Ringstrasse 44, Krems (1868–1870)
  • Rental house , Kollergerngasse 4, Vienna 6 (1870)

Construction work

  • Rudolfstiftung Hospital , Boerhavegasse, Vienna 3 (1859–1864), construction management, competition 1st prize with Josef Horky and Eduard Frauenfeld; worn away
  • Elisabethkirche , St. Elisabethplatz, Vienna 4 (1859–1868), design: Hermann von Bergmann
  • Rental house , Heinrichgasse 3, Vienna 1 (1860), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Rental house , Bösendorferstrasse 1, Vienna 1 (1860), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Rental house , Bösendorferstraße 5, Vienna 1 (1860), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • House of Representatives , Währinger Strasse 2-4, Vienna 9 (1861), with master builder Frauenfeld, demolished
  • Heinrichhof , Opernring 1–5, Vienna 1 (1861–1862), executed with Eduard Frauenfeld, design Theophil von Hansen
  • Residential and commercial building , Schubertring 2, (formerly Kolowratring) / Johannesgasse 18, Vienna 1 (1861–1864), design: Romano u. Schwendenwein
  • Residential and commercial building , Elisabethstrasse 8, Vienna 1 (1861–1862), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Residential and commercial building , Kärntner Ring 6, Vienna 1 (1862), design: Romano u. Schwendenwein
  • Palais Schey von Koromla , Opernring 10 / Goethegasse 3, Vienna 1 (1862–1864), design: Romano u. Schwendenwein
  • “Christinenhof” residential complex , Schubertring 9–11 / Christinengasse 2–4, Vienna 1 (1863–1865), design: Ludwig Zettl
  • Residential and commercial building , Getreidemarkt 17 / Mariahilfer Straße 1, Vienna 6 (1863–1869), design: Rudolf Bayer and Otto Thienemann
  • Residential and commercial building , Schubertring 8, Vienna 1 (1864–1865), design: Romano u. Schwendenwein
  • Residential and commercial building , Operngasse 6, Vienna 1 (1864), design: Romano u. Schwendenwein
  • Former Palais Dumba , Parkring 4, Vienna 1 (1864–1866), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Residential house , Parkring 2, Vienna 1 (1864–1866), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Residential house , Opernring 8, Vienna 1 (1862–1865), design: Romano and Schwendenwein
  • Pollack house , Franz Josefs-Kai 37, Vienna 1 (1865), design: Heinrich Ferstel
  • Conversion of Villa Wolter , Trauttmansdorffgasse 33, Vienna 13 (1866), plans by Carl von Hasenauer
  • Museum of Applied Arts , Stubenring 3, Vienna 1 (1866–1871) Designed by Heinrich Ferstel
  • Brigittenau Parish Church of St. Brigitta , Brigittaplatz, Vienna 20 (1867–1873), design: Friedrich von Schmidt
  • Chemical laboratory (today Pharmaceutical Institute) , Währinger Straße 10, Vienna 9 (1868–1872), design: Heinrich Ferstel
  • Fünfhauser parish church Maria vom Siege , Mariahilfer Gürtel, Vienna 15 (1868–1875), design: Friedrich Schmidt
  • Residential complexes , Hansenstrasse 1–5 and 2–6, Vienna 1 (1870–1872), design: Carl Schumann
  • Former telegraph office , Börseplatz 1, Vienna 1 (1870–1873), designed by Josef Winterhalder
  • Hotel Kummer , Mariahilfer Straße 71 / Schadekgasse 20, Vienna 6 (1870–1871), design: Carl Schumann
  • Wiener Stadttheater (now Ronacher ) , Seilerstätte 9, Vienna 1 (1871–1872), planning by Ferdinand Fellner the Elder and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger
  • Former Palais Leitenberger , Parkring 16, Vienna 1 (1871–1873), design: Ludwig Zettl
  • Former Palais Helfert , Parkring 18, Vienna 1 (1871–1873), design: Ludwig Tischler
  • Hotel Metropol , Morzinplatz, Vienna 1 (1871–1873), design: Ludwig Tischler and Carl Schumann, demolished
  • kk General Command Building , Universitätsstraße 5, Vienna 1 (1871–1874), design: Carl Wilhelm Christian von Doderer , destroyed in 1945
  • Art and Natural History Museum , Burgring 5 and 7, Vienna 1 (1871–1891), design: Carl Hasenauer and Gottfried Semper
  • various world exhibition buildings , Prater , Vienna 2 (1873)
  • University , Universitätsring 1, Vienna 1 (1873–1884), design: Heinrich Ferstel
  • Residential and commercial building , Kohlmarkt 8-10, Vienna 1 (1875), design: Ludwig Tischler

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personal data
SURNAME Kaiser, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Straß im Straßertale , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1911
Place of death Vienna