Ernst Koch (architect)

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Ernst Koch (* 1755 in Mainz ; † February 2, 1825 in Vienna ) was a German builder who worked in Vienna.

Life

When Koch came to Vienna cannot be precisely determined. In any case, in 1788 he made a design for the facade of the Michaelerkirche and appears on the guild boards of the master builders' guild from 1791. Subsequently, he worked as a court architect in the Imperial and Royal General Court Building Directorate until his death, but also worked privately. Ernst Koch was married to Anna Katharina Gillinger, with whom he had five children. His son Josef Koch was also a master builder in Vienna.

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Ernst Koch was a representative of classicism . His new facades of the Michaelerkirche and the Theresianum influenced his contemporaries. Koch built mainly residential buildings in which he further developed the earlier sober Josephine style with his concentration on the decoration only around the windows insofar as the entire facade gains in importance for him. Koch was one of the most important builders in Vienna around 1800.

Grünangergasse 1 (1796)
Fleischmarkt 20–22 (1823–1825)
  • Residential house , Kärntner Strasse 41, Vienna 1 (1791), adaptation
  • Residential house , Mayerhofgasse 6, Vienna 4 (1791), modified by him in 1796; later rebuilt
  • Michaelerkirche (facade redesign), Michaelerplatz, Vienna 1 (1792)
  • Rental house “Zum golden Kreuz” , Lange Gasse 3, Vienna 8 (1793), renovation; later adapted; demolished in the 1980s
  • Generali-Hof , Graben 13, Vienna 1 (1794–1795), with Peter Mollner ; Modified by Josef Klee in 1831
  • Rental house “Neuberger-Hof” or “St.Anna-Hof” , Grünangergasse 1, Vienna 1 (1796), conversion; later increased
  • Rental house , Mozartgasse 3, Vienna 4 (1800), courtyard wing built in 1851
  • Rental house , Am Gestade 7 / Tiefer Graben 34, Vienna 1 (1803), heightened and redesigned
  • Theresianum , Favoritenstraße , Vienna 4 (1804), redesign of the central projectile, attributed
  • Gumpendorfer parish church , Gumpendorfer Straße / Brückengasse, Vienna 6 (1807), choir additions; attributed
  • Rental house , Sonnenfelsgasse 15 / Schönlaterngasse 1, Vienna 1 (1808), extension and adaptation
  • Dr. Scharschellisches Haus , Bäckerstraße 5, Vienna 1 (1810), renovation
  • Rental house “Zum Pelikan” , Esterhazygasse 6 / Magdalenenstraße 28, Vienna 6 (1811), with Alois Hildwein ; later expanded
  • Melker Hof , Schottengasse 3–3a / Mölker Steig 4 / Schreyvogelgasse 4, Vienna 1 (1813–1814), conversions and extensions
  • Rental house , Sonnenfelsgasse 13, Vienna 1 (1817), renovation
  • Rental house , Wiedner Hauptstrasse 71, Vienna 4 (1817), demolished; at that time completion of the Palais Thurn-Valsassina-Parkanlage
  • Banco building , Herrengasse 17, Vienna 1 (1819–1823), execution; Designed by Charles de Moreau
  • Rental house , Drachengasse 2, Vienna 1 (1823–1824)
  • Rental house , Fleischmarkt 20–22, Vienna 1 (1823–1825)
  • “Nakosches Haus” , Fleischmarkt 18 / Wolfengasse 2, Vienna 1 (1830), redesign; Attribution controversial

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personal data
SURNAME Koch, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian classicist architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1825
Place of death Vienna