Felix Wilhelm Kubly

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Felix Wilhelm Kubly (born July 3, 1802 in Altstätten ; † October 26, 1872 in St. Gallen , von Altstätten) was a Swiss architect .

biography

Felix Wilhelm Kubly attended courses at the Lausanne Academy from 1816 to 1818. In 1819 he enrolled at the Royal Academy in Munich for architecture with Friedrich von Gärtner . After moving to Paris in 1821 , he worked for Antoine-Thomas-Laurent Vaudoyer and studied from 1822 at the École royale et spéciale des beaux-arts , where he took part in numerous competitions and won prizes until 1827 as part of his studies. In the meantime, he worked at the construction office of the Paris Stock Exchange and at Augustin-Nicolas Caristie . In 1827 he began a three-year trip to Italy, from which he also undertook study trips to Greece, among other places.

In 1831 Kubly opened his own architecture office, first in Altstätten, then in St. Gallen. He became known for his varied projects for various canton, community and church administrations. His clear room and floor plan concepts repeatedly earned him good placements in regional and national architecture competitions . However, he seldom won it because he was more cautious than other architects when it came to designing the facade . Kubly has created projects in the whole breadth of architecture: houses, bathrooms, hotels, schools and churches. He has also worked in France, Italy and Egypt. One of Kubly's talented students was Johann Georg Müller (1822–1849), an architect, painter and poet from Mosnang, who died early .

Works (selection)

Citizens' Hospital in Rapperswil

Honors

Kublystrasse in the Achslen district in the east of the city of St. Gallen is named after Felix Wilhelm Kubly.

literature

  • Benno Schubiger: Kubly, Felix Wilhelm. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 978-3-7643-5261-5 , p. 326 f.
  • Daniel Studer (Ed.): Art and culture guide for the canton of St. Gallen. Jan Thorbecke Publishing House.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benno Schubiger: Johann Georg Müller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 1, 2007 , accessed May 19, 2019 .