Franz Riess

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Franz Riess (born July 3, 1876 in Vienna ; † February 24, 1954 there ) was an Austrian builder and architect .

Life

Franz Riess was the second son of the builder Karl Riess and his wife Anna Österreicher. He attended secondary school and, after graduating from high school from 1893 to 1897, studied engineering at the Technical University in Vienna, but did not graduate. Instead, he joined his father's company. During his studies in 1895 he became a member of the Libertas Vienna fraternity . In 1905 he obtained the master builder license and took over the business alone; however, the father continued to work in the company until 1921.

Three of his four sons died in tragic circumstances. The fourth son Otto also became a builder and joined the company in 1937 as a graduate engineer, where he worked with his father for a few years.

plant

As a master builder, Franz Riess carried out numerous orders from outside hands. In addition, he also made some of his own designs. These buildings stand at the transition from late historicism to art nouveau and are characterized by the adoption of various secessionist decorative elements and a style that emphasizes the surface of the buildings. Since the father worked for the company for several years, it is not always possible to clearly assign designs to a person.

To the red hedgehog, Wildpretmarkt 1 (1904–1906)
  • Rental house , Pfarrplatz 4, Baden (1904), with Karl Riess
  • Rental house , Pfarrplatz 5, Baden (1904), with Karl Riess
  • "Zum Roten Igel" residential and commercial building , Wildpretmarkt 1, Vienna 1 (1904–1906), original facade by Max Fabiani , chipped
  • Miethaus , Stumpergasse 9, Vienna 6 (1904), with Karl Riess, facade partially simplified
  • “Edlinger-Hof” residential group , Mollardgasse 17 / Turmburggasse, Vienna 6 (1906), facade in Mollardgasse chipped
  • Residential and commercial building "To the seven stars" , Stiftgasse 21 / Siebensterngasse, Vienna 7 (1906)
  • Execution of the residential and commercial buildings , Favoritenstrasse 30–32 / Möllwaldplatz 1–5, Vienna 4 (1906), design by Rudolf Goebel
  • Rental house , Georg Sigl-Gasse 11, Vienna 9 (1907)
  • Rental house , Rögergasse 14b, Vienna 9 (1907)
  • "Edlinger-Hof" residential group , Linke Wienzeile 116 / Turmburggasse 1–7, Vienna 6 (1910)
  • Factory wing for the Niedermoser company , Franzensgasse 25, Vienna 5 (1910)
  • Execution of the small apartment complex , Zur Spinnerin 21–23 / Inzersdorferstrasse 115–117 / Braunspergengasse 8, Vienna 10 (1913), design by Hans Mayr , Theodor Mayer
  • Elementary school , Mariensee am Wechsel 62 (1913)
  • Rental house complex , Angeligasse 108 / Braunspergengasse 10–12, Vienna 10 (1914)
  • Private chapel and mausoleum of the Schenker family , Mariensee, (1925), located in the park of the Schenker estate, with Paul Gütl

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of the old men of the German fraternity. Überlingen am Bodensee 1920, p. 249.

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personal data
SURNAME Riess, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riess, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1954
Place of death Vienna