Emil Bressler

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Emil Bressler , also Emil Breßler and Emil Brehsler (born December 3, 1847 in Vienna ; † January 29, 1921 there ) was an Austrian architect of historicism .

Life

Nothing more is known about Emil Bressler's origins and family. In any case, the businessman Albert Hardt was his guardian. From 1866 to 1868 he studied at the Technical University in Vienna, also at that in Stuttgart with Christian Friedrich von Leins and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Jean-Louis Pascal .

From 1882 to 1888 Bressler worked in an office community with Ludwig Baumann . He was very successful as an architect not only in Vienna, but also in the countries of the monarchy. The establishment of various exhibition structures also brought him international reputation. From 1898 until his death he shared an office with Gustav Wittrisch.

Bressler received numerous awards and medals (Knight of the Franz Joseph Order in 1888, Building Officer in 1899, Order of the Iron Crown III class in 1912, Senior Building Officer in 1916, Gold Cross of Merit with the Crown , Knight of the Belgian Order of Leopold , Knight of the Spanish Order of Isabella, Knight of the Russian Order of Stanislaus ) and was a member of the Cooperative of Fine Artists Vienna (from 1875), President of the Lower Austrian Trade Association (from 1886), member of the Society of Austrian Architects (from 1906), Vice President of the Central Association of Architects in Austria (from 1908) , Member of the Austrian Werkbund (approx. 1914) and court sworn expert and appraiser.

Bressler died of pneumonia at the age of 74 and was buried in the Grinzing cemetery .

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Freisingergasse 1 (1895–1897)
Altkettenhof Palace in Schwechat (1901–1902)
Palazzo Dreher, Trieste

Emil Bressler was an architect who was highly valued by the upper classes and the aristocracy in his time, and his preference was for representative neo-baroque forms. His works include castles and palaces as well as residential buildings, villas and exhibition pavilions.

  • Printing house for the newspapers Die Presse and the Wiener Extrablattes with office and residential building , Berggasse 31, Vienna 9 (1882), with Ludwig Baumann
  • Palace and residential building , Heinestrasse (formerly Kaiser-Josefstrasse) 4 / Josefinengasse 9–11, Vienna 2 (1882), with Ludwig Baumann
  • Exhibition buildings , Amsterdam (1883)
  • Exhibition buildings , Antwerp (1885)
  • Mausoleum of the Mallmann family , Mauer cemetery , Friedensstrasse 16, Vienna 23 (1885–1889)
  • Buildings of the Dampftramway , Liesing , Vienna 23 (1886–1888), with Ludwig Baumann, not preserved
  • Sports industry pavilion , Lower Austria anniversary exhibition (1888)
  • Paul Eduard von Schoeller's hunting lodge , Buchau, Styria (1890-1891)
  • Residential and commercial building , Marc Aurel-Straße 8, Vienna 1 (1891)
  • Villa , Hardt-Stremayr-Gasse 14, Purkersdorf (1891-1892)
  • World Exhibition Chicago City Hall in "Old Vienna" (Vienna 200 years ago), main portal and facade of the Austrian exhibition in the industrial hall (1893)
  • Villa Schreiber , Wintergasse 43, Purkersdorf (1894)
  • Former Palais Windischgrätz , Beletage, Renngasse 12, Vienna 1 (1894–1895)
  • Rental house , Obere Donaustraße 103, Vienna 2 (before 1895), not preserved
  • Residential building , Fasangasse 22 / Pettenkofengasse 5, Vienna 3 (before 1895), decor removed
  • Palais Baron A. von Liebig , Pettenkofengasse 3, Vienna 3 (before 1895), not preserved
  • Residential and commercial building “Zum Eisgrübl” , Goldschmiedgasse 10 / Freisingergasse , Vienna 1 (1895–1897)
  • Mausoleum of the Stummer family , Bodok (1896–1898)
  • Hotel Bristol , Kärntner Ring 1–3, Vienna (1898), conversions including the neighboring buildings, with Gustav Wittrisch
  • Agricultural and forestry exhibition Vienna, ceramic pavilion of the Liechtenstein pottery factory in Themau (1898)
  • Jubilee exhibition Vienna, main entrance, Brauherrenpavillon (1898), with Gustav Wittrisch, imperial tent in the rotunda
  • Jevišovice New Castle , Jaispitz (1898–1899), adaptation and expansion
  • Residential house , Tiefer Graben 19, Vienna 1 (1900), with Gustav Wittrisch
  • District Court and Federal Justice School , Schloßstraße 7, Schwechat (1901–1902)
  • Altkettenhof Palace for Anton Dreher junior , Schwechat (1900–1902)
  • Alexander Freiherr von Stummer Palace , Bodok (1904–1905), extensions and conversions
  • Parish church in Pressburg -Blumenthal (around 1906), with Fritz Rumpelmayer, attribution questionable
  • General plan of the Kaiser anniversary exhibition in Vienna (1908)
  • Residence "Kaiserin Elisabethheim" , Blindengasse 44, Vienna 8 (1910)
  • Villa Wessely (Angeli) , Hinterleitenstrasse 5, Reichenau an der Rax (1911–1912), with Gustav Wittrisch
  • Liechtenstein Castle , Maria Enzersdorf , adaptation
  • Palazzo Dreher , Trieste
  • Sparkasse , Pressburg, with Fritz Rumpelmayer
  • Adaptation of the picture gallery in Palais Liechtenstein , Vienna

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personal data
SURNAME Bressler, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breßler, Emil; Brehsler, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1921
Place of death Vienna