Franz Zajicek (architect)

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Franz Zajicek (born April 13, 1912 in Vienna ; † 2006 ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Zajicek attended the public school in Vienna and then trained as a carpenter. This was followed by training as a technical draftsman in Michael Mucha's studio. From 1933 to 1934 he was an evening student at Oskar Strnad's master class at the Vienna School of Applied Arts (stage design and interior design). From 1936 Zajicek worked independently.

In World War II, engaged, he lost in 1945 in a bombing raid his apartment in Vienna and moved to Waidhofen an der Ybbs . As a result, he worked a lot in Lower Austria . He lived in Gresten for a long time and retired in 1982.

plant

Franz Zajicek started out with numerous interior and business furnishings. After the war he was primarily responsible for building the substations in Vienna.

Gresten elementary school (1965–1966)
Zedlitzhalle substation, Vienna 1 (1969–1970)
  • Interior design by Franz Zajicek , Stubenring, Vienna 1 (1936)
  • Doctor's office Dr. Stättermayer , Arnsteingasse, Vienna 15 (1936)
  • Reconstruction and furnishing of the Mayer "MEM" perfumery , Lobkowitzplatz 1, Vienna 1 (1936)
  • Ordination Dr. Müller , Mariahilfer Strasse , Vienna 7 (1937)
  • Redesign of the premises and portal of the furnace factory Celus , Rotensterngasse 21, Vienna 2 (1937–1938)
  • Redesign of the beer bar Smutny , Elisabethstraße 8, Vienna 1 (1938)
  • Conversion and expansion of the Hermann Otte timber construction factory , Brigittenauer Lände, Vienna 20 (1938)
  • Perfumery exhibition at the Institute for Trade Promotion , Severingasse / Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse, Vienna 9th (1938)
  • Reconstruction and furnishing of the Löwenstein department store , Scheibbs (1938–1939)
  • Reconstruction and extension of the town hall , Waidhofen an der Ybbs (1938)
  • Medical practices Dr. Köhler and Dr. René Fitsch-Nitsch , Währinger Gürtel, Vienna 18 (1938)
  • Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna, Goldschlagstrasse 148–158, Vienna 14 (1951–1956), with Rudolf Bazalka, Hans Dedek and Hans Wölfl
  • New construction of the substations for the municipality of Vienna (from 1955)
  • Residential complex of the non-profit housing and settlement cooperative Volksbau , Felbigergasse 90, Vienna 14 (1956–1958)
  • Leopold-Mayrhofer-Hof , Steckhovengasse 20, 1130 Vienna (1957–1959)
  • Elementary school , Gresten (1965–1966)
  • Thon department store , Hernalser Hauptstraße 155, Vienna 17 (1966)
  • Buildings of the main sewage treatment plant Vienna , Vienna 11 (1968)
  • Arms shop Springer , Graben 10, Vienna 1 (1975)
  • Schuhhaus Vögele , Mariahilfer Strasse 60, Vienna 7 (1975)

Further commercial buildings in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Melk , Wieselburg and Vienna after the war.

literature

  • Helmut Weihsmann: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects . Promedia, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85371-234-7 , p. 437

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personal data
SURNAME Zajicek, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 2006