Edwin Wipf

Edwin Wipf (born April 19, 1877 in Dagmersellen ; † December 17, 1966 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect .

Deutsches Haus Agra, lung sanatorium, status 2007

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As a young child, Wipf moved from Zurich to Chur, where his father took over the management of the Alexander Kuonis chalet factory . After attending school in Chur and working as a carpenter in the chalet factory, he studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Zurich from 1896 to 1900 . He got his first job in Pegli , but then went to Paris to continue studying there for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts . He was briefly employed in Basel before he became an assistant to Friedrich Bluntschli in Zurich in 1905 and also founded his own office. Wipf's built work can be found primarily in Zurich with residential buildings, but also as a special category with the city's new cinemas, such as Switzerland's first major cinema, the Capitol in Zurich. Further focal points are in Graubünden, where he worked for Gaudenz Issler's chalet factory in Davos , and in Ticino. There is also his main work, the German House (1912-15) in Agra, originally a branch of the Hochgebirgsklinik Davos, which had a history right up to the edge of the demolition and was well received in the media before it was renovated and returned as a hotel Was put into operation.

Wipf was very interested in building policy issues in Zurich. He was also interested in urban planning issues. Wipf took part in the international competition for a development plan for the city of Zurich from 1915 to 1918 and received a commendation there. In 1906, Wipf was a founding member of the Association of Swiss Architects and a member of the SIA . He was a member of the Zurich Masonic Lodge Modestia cum Libertate .

Works (selection)

• Susenbergstrasse , Residential building, Zurich 1907-08
• Englischviertelstr. , Residential buildings, Zurich 1910
• Eidmattstrasse , Residential building, Zurich 1911
• Pension Conradin , Pura TI 1911
• Landhaus Nasse , Gravesano 1912
• Deutsches Haus , Sanatorium Deutsche Heilstätte, Agra TI 1912–15
• Gasthof Sonne , Küsnacht, 1913
• Centovalli Railway stations , 1924
• Cinema Capitol , Zurich 1926

literature

• Hans Peter Mathis: Wipf, Edwin . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 569
• NN: † Edwin Wipf . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 85 , no. 8 , 1967, p. 127 f . ( e-periodica.ch ).