Franz-Heinrich Sobotka

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Franz-Heinrich Sobotka (born December 24, 1907 in Vienna ; † November 12, 1988 in West Berlin ) was a German architect .

Franz Heinrich Sobotka's grave in Berlin-Dahlem

Life

Sobotka studied at the Academy for Applied Arts in Vienna . There he attended the master classes of Josef Hoffmann and Oskar Strnad and then worked in Hugo Gorge's studio . From 1927 he lived in Berlin, where he initially worked in the studios of Bruno Paul and Erich Mendelsohn and received decisive influences.

Since 1938 he worked independently; since 1945 he was associated with Gustav Müller , a college friend from Vienna. From 1945 to 1951, Hermann Fehling was initially involved in this partnership . In 1970, Müller left the company and long-time employee and atelier boss Hans-Jürgen Juschkus became a partner.

Sobotka's focus was on commercial and medium-sized high-rise buildings in post-war Berlin.

Franz-Heinrich Sobotka was a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA), the Architects and Engineers Association in Berlin and the Vienna Secession .

Honors

  • 1956: Awarded the title of professor by the Austrian Federal President
  • 1961: Josef Hoffmann award from the Vienna Secession
  • 1964: Award of the Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class

buildings

  • 1940–1943: Large power plant in Thalheim near Bitterfeld for IG Farben
  • 1941–1944: Settlement and industrial buildings for IG Farben in Moosbierbaum on the Danube near Vienna
  • 1941–1944: Industrial plants and administrative buildings for IG Farben in Upper Silesia
  • 1948: Competition design for the Volksbühne in Berlin (in partnership with Hermann Fehling; awarded 1st prize; carried out 1948–1951)
  • 1950: Competition design for the expansion of the exhibition area at the Berlin radio tower (awarded 1st prize)
  • 1950: Exhibition buildings for the 1st Great German Industrial Exhibition in Berlin
  • 1951–1952: Reconstruction of the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin,
  • 1951–1952: Reconstruction of the Royal Greek Embassy in Berlin
  • 1951–1952: Exhibition pavilions for the Dutch and Austrian governments at the Great German Industrial Exhibition, exhibition houses for Canada, Belgium and India
  • 1951–1952: Competition design for the new buildings of the Free University of Berlin in Berlin-Dahlem (awarded 1st prize; executed 1952–1954: Henry Ford Building and University Library)
    Free University of Berlin: Henry Ford Building
Free University of Berlin: University Library
High-rise residential building on the Roseneck
  • 1951–1952: various commercial buildings
  • 1952–1955: Housing estate of the Märkische Scholle in Berlin-Wilmersdorf (104 apartments)
  • 1952–1955: Lindenhof housing estate belonging to the Berlin-Süd non-profit housing association
  • 1952–1955: Körnersgrund estate in Berlin-Neukölln (162 apartments)
  • 1952–1955: High- rise apartment building on Roseneck in Berlin-Grunewald (90 apartments)
  • 1952–1955: Velisch office building on Rankestrasse, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1952–1955: Construction of the new building for the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry with stock exchange on Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg (after 1st prize in limited competition)
  • 1952–1955: Schimmelpfeng AG office building at Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin
, Schimmelpfeng house from Kurfürstendamm seen
  • 1952–1955: Production halls for Deutsche Waggon- und Maschinenbau AG in Berlin-Borsigwalde
  • 1957: Country houses in Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin-Wannsee and Berlin-Grunewald
  • 1957: Horn residential and commercial building (called "Fasaneneck") in Berlin, Fasanenstrasse
  • 1958: Hotel Plaza in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Knesebeckstrasse
  • 1958: Velisch factory in Berlin-Halensee , Cicerostraße
  • 1958: 2nd construction phase of the Kantstrasse bridge - Schimmelpfeng house at the Zoo station
  • 1958: Residential and commercial building of the United Liability Insurance (VHV) in Hanover
  • 1958: Administration building for Siemens AG in Kassel
  • 1958: Business and warehouse for Huebner furniture in Berlin, Genthiner Strasse
  • 1958: Apartments for the German Housing Association (DeGeWo) in Rheinbabenallee in Berlin-Grunewald
  • 1958: 72 condominiums for the Berlin owner-occupied housing company in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Schaumburgallee and Reichsstraße
  • 1958: Landhaus Robenhagen in Berlin-Wannsee
  • 1958: Residential and commercial building for Möbel Hübner in Berlin, Magdeburger Platz
  • 1958: Oppenheimer office building in Berlin, Kurfürstendamm
  • 1958: High-rise in the Körnergrund housing estate in Berlin-Neukölln (with 78 apartments)
  • 1959: Hübner furniture store in Berlin-Tiergarten, Pohlstrasse / Kluckstrasse
  • 1959: House for Möbel Hübner in Berlin, Mackensenstrasse (100 apartments)
  • before 1960: bungalow in Dortmund
  • 1960: Velisch office building in Berlin-Halensee, Cicerostraße
  • 1960: 3rd construction phase of the Schimmelpfeng House in Berlin, at the Zoo station
  • 1960: Housing development for Horten Wohnungsbau GmbH in Düsseldorf , Kaiserwerther Strasse (96 apartments)
  • 1960: Commercial building for Consul General W. Gerling in Cologne , Mauritiussteinweg
  • 1960: Office and commercial building for Karl-Heinz Pepper in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Ernst-Reuter-Platz
Ernst-Reuter-Platz at night; on the right the Pepper office building
Axel Springer House in Berlin
  • 1962–1964: Administration building for the Gerling Group in Cologne, Christophstrasse
  • 1962–1964: ID Herstatt bank in Cologne, Enggasse
former Herstatt Bank building in Cologne
  • 1962–1964: Metropole-Bank Rittershaus & Co. in Frankfurt am Main
  • 1962–1964: Administration building for the Gerling Group in Cologne, Klapperhof
Former Gerling company headquarters in Cologne - "Im Klapperhof" building complex
  • 1962–1964: Administration building for the Gerling Group in Wuppertal-Elberfeld
  • 1962–1964: Factory halls for the DOB Velisch KG in Berlin, Cicerostraße / Nestorstraße
  • 1962–1964: Housing estate in Düren (356 apartments)
  • 1962–1964: Residential and commercial building group for Rhein-Spree GmbH in Berlin-Halensee, Cicerostraße, Albrecht-Achilles-Straße, Kurfürstendamm (with 16-storey high-rise; 258 apartments)
  • 1962–1964: Housing estate for the old Leipzig life insurance company in Cologne-Porz- Zündorf
  • 1962–1964: Sales building for Möbel Hübner in Berlin, Genthiner Strasse 43–47 / Pohlstrasse 91–101
  • 1962–1964: residential and commercial building for Hansa-Spree GmbH in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Reichsstrasse 90–93 (88 apartments)
  • 1962–1964: Hübner furniture store in Berlin-Tiergarten, Kluckstrasse 40
  • 1962–1964: Züschen hunting lodge in the Sauerland
  • 1962–1964: Schönevörde hunting lodge in the Lüneburg Heath
  • 1962–1964: Settlement in Düsseldorf-Oberlörick
  • 1962–1964: Factory building for the Schindler Elevator company in Berlin-Marienfelde , Großbeerenstraße
  • 1962–1964: Commercial building for AKV Allgemeine Kredit-Vermittlung GmbH & Co. KG in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Kurfürstendamm 169/170
  • 1962–1964: Administration building and training center for the construction trade association in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Hildegardstrasse 28, Hildegardstrasse 29–30
  • 1962–1964: Housing development for West-Spree Tankstellen GmbH in Berlin, Mehringdamm 118–130, Dudenstrasse 2–4 and 8 (98 apartments)
  • 1962–1964: several residential and commercial buildings for the management companies Berles , Glückauf , Orbis and Esber
  • 1966–1968: Excelsiorhaus residential and commercial building group for Excelsior Tankstellen GmbH in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Stresemannstrasse 68–84, Anhalter Strasse 1–6 (with senior building officer Krebs; 570 apartments; with 18-storey high-rise)
  • 1962–1964: Office and hotel Genthiner Hof as well as 75 apartments for Peter Laufkötter KG in Berlin-Tiergarten, Genthiner Strasse 24–30 and 30c
  • 1962–1964: Eternit exhibition pavilion on the grounds of the Hanover Fair
  • 1962–1964: Residential and commercial building for Orbis Verwaltungs-Gesellschaft in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Skalitzer Strasse / Reichenberger Strasse
  • 1966: two high-rise residential buildings in the Lindenhof housing estate , Röblingstrasse
  • 1966: Commercial building for Klöckner AG (called Klöckner-Haus ) in Berlin, Marburger Strasse 9a / 10/11, Augsburger Strasse 24
  • 1966: Office building for Möbel Hübner in Berlin, Genthiner Strasse 27–31, Magdeburger Platz 1
  • 1966: Workshop hall with administration building for Opel students
  • 1966: Residential and commercial buildings in Berlin-Spandau , Havelchaussee, Glockenturmstrasse (250 apartments) and sports center
  • 1966: Operations center for the consumer cooperative in Wilhelmshaven
  • 1966: Operations center for the Emsland consumer cooperative in Lingen (Ems)
  • 1971 Revita Hotel Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains

literature

  • Buildings, projects II. Sobotka, Müller. (with a foreword by Udo Kultermann) Wasmuth, Tübingen 1967.
  • Gerd Hostermann (Red.): Buildings, Projects III. Sobotka - Juschkus. (with a foreword by Franz-Heinrich Sobotka) Wasmuth, Tübingen 1979.

Web links

Commons : Franz Sobotka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The art . 58th year, Bruckmann, Munich 1960
  2. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
personal data
SURNAME Sobotka, Franz-Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1988
Place of death West Berlin