Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt

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Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt (* July 7, 1900 in Zurich ; † October 10, 1958 in Uckfield , England ) was a Swiss architect who was particularly committed to the new building .

Life

Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt was born as the son of Hanna Maria Pfisterer (1874–1954) and the businessman Friedrich Rudolf Burckhardt (1874–1950), the painter Paul Burckhardt and the sculptor Carl Burckhardt were his uncles.

His career as an architect began with a traineeship in the Pfister brothers' architecture office in Zurich. From 1920 to 1924 he studied architecture in London . In 1925 he founded his own architecture office in his hometown of Zurich, in the same year he married Elsa Blum , who also became his professional partner in the architecture office in 1948. In 1927 his son Christof was born.

A car accident while traveling in England was fatal for him and his wife was seriously injured.

Create

Burckhardt is known as a pioneer in regional planning . In 1944 he was appointed the first editor of the new spatial planning magazine Plan .

His projects were public buildings, residential houses and buildings for exhibitions.

As a lecturer in theater construction at the ETH Zurich , he supported reforms with publications and projects (e.g. the Volkstheater Zurich, 1950). He also worked as a painter, set designer and artistic director. With Karl Knell he led the renovation of the Corso Theater in Zurich (1934), with Karl Egender the construction of the Reformed St. John's Church in Basel (1934–1936).

Together with his wife, he built the housing projects in Küsnacht (1931–1951), the Oberer Letten open-air swimming pool in Zurich (1951–1952) and exhibition structures, including for the national exhibition in Zurich (1939).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ digitized available: The «plan» is digitized. November 12, 2018, accessed April 13, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Burckhardt, Ernst Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1958
Place of death Uckfield , England