Louis-Frédéric de Rutté

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Villa Bühler-Egg, Winterthur 1867–1869
The Von-Rütte-Gut in Sutz, family seat and expanded by the architect from 1871
Administration building of the Bern-Jura-Bahn, 1874–1877

Louis-Frédéric de Rutté (born April 15, 1829 in Sutz , † October 4, 1903 in Bern ), actually Friedrich Ludwig von Rütte , also von Rütti , was a Swiss architect.

Education and career

After high school in Bern and a language stay in Lausanne, Rutté was named in the Berner Burgerbuch as a construction apprentice to Robert Roller in 1848 . He then studied architecture at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . Several trips to Italy followed, then he was employed by Pierre-Charles Dusillon, a Parisian architect who had a branch in Mulhouse . With this he worked as a construction manager at Schadau Castle near Thun. From 1855 to the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in 1871, he ran his own large architectural office in Mulhouse, whose magnificent, castle-like residences such as the Château Voucher (1867–1868) or the Ermitage (1868) stand out. In Switzerland, he built the Villa Bühler in Winterthur (1867–1869) during this period .

On his return to Bern in 1871 he built the campaign of of Rütte in Sutz from. In Biel he built the Schwab Museum (1871–1873), and in Bern the administration building of the Bern-Jura Railway, today the General Directorate of the Swiss Federal Railways (1874–77).

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personal data
SURNAME Rutté, Louis-Frédéric de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedrich Ludwig Rütte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Sutz
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 1903
Place of death Bern