Eduard Lanz

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The Volkshaus Biel, 1930–32

Eduard Lanz (born April 23, 1886 in Biel ; † November 19, 1972 ibid) was a Swiss architect .

Life

The great-grandson of Georg Friedrich Heilmann and the son of a doctor went through the Progymnasium and Gymnasium in Biel. After an internship as a carpenter in Münchenbuchsee, he began studying at the ETH Zurich in 1905; Diploma in 1911. Study visit 1908/09 in Munich at the Ludwig Maximilians University. After working briefly at Joss & Klauser in Bern, he was in charge of construction management for the expansion of the Hotel Palace in Lausanne-Ouchy in the office of Chessex and Chamorel from 1911 to 1915 . In 1916 he went to Berlin to see Bruno Möhring . From 1917–18 he was a master student and architect with German Bestelmeyer . Visit to the Royal Academy of Arts and the Technical University of Berlin. After returning to Switzerland in 1919, he got a job in the construction office of the Swiss Railways in Basel. Planning and implementation of the locomotive depot in Biel. From 1922 he was a freelance architect in Biel.

Eduard Lanz was married to Dora Grütter and had 3 children.

Services

  • Commitment to the spread of "modern building" in connection with social commitment
  • 1966 Awarded the Biel Culture Prize

Works

  • 1919/23 - Locomotive depot - Biel
  • 1924 - Cosmos industrial building, bicycle factory - Biel
  • 1926 - 1945 Cooperative settlements: Rennweg, Falhaben, Möösli, Champagne and Linde, Biel & Siedlung Hofmatten, Nidau
  • 1927 - Emil Schibli House - Lengnau
  • 1932 - Volkshaus - Biel
  • 1933 - own home (two-family house) Lanz - Biel
  • 1934 - Three-family house in Lanz / DeLuca - Biel
  • 1939 - Zofingia club house - Bern
  • 1942 - Wyttenbach-Haus (evang.-ref. Parish hall) - Biel (painting of the large hall by Walter Clénin )
  • 1950 - Sisters' House - Bellelay
  • 1960/61 - Milus watch factory - Biel
  • 1969 - Renovation / restoration of the town church - Biel

as well as other multi-family and residential buildings, weekend houses, holiday homes, nature lovers, renovations and restorations.

Archival material

literature

  • Christian Hunziker: Eduard Lanz et la miniature architecturale. Projets de petites maisons des années 30 and 60 . In: Matières, Lausanne, No. 1 (1997), pp. 77-87.
  • Alexandra Ecclesia: Zofingerhaus Bern: “Plain and unobtrusive, it fulfills its purpose” , In: 200 years Zofingia Bern , Bern 2019, pp. 33–45.
  • Sylvain Malfroy: Lanz, Eduard. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. P. 334 f. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2
  • Sylvain Malfroy: Des alvéoles d'intimité dans un environnement communautaire , in: Bieler Jahrbuch 1995, pp. 52–67.
  • Sylvain Malfroy: Eduard Lanz et la miniature architecturale , in: Matières: cahier annuel de l'Institut de Théorie et d'Histoire de l'Architecture (ITHA) du Département d'Architecture de l'Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, 1997, pp. 77-87.
  • Nathalie Ritter: Eduard Lanz 1886–1972. RED AND BLACK - LOCAL ARCHITECT CAREER AND INTERNATIONAL SELF-UNDERSTANDING . Dissertation, Bern, 2011.
  • Gunther Schärer: Eduard Lanz (1886-1972) in: Bieler Jahrbuch 1972, pp. 85–93.

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personal data
SURNAME Lanz, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect, representative of modern building
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1972
Place of death Biel