Friedrich Zotter
Friedrich Zotter (born March 24, 1894 in Vienna ; † July 30, 1961 in Graz ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Friedrich was born the son of the architect Eduard Zotter (1857–1938) and Adele Zotter (–1936). He attended secondary school from 1905 to 1912 and studied at the Technical University of Vienna from 1912 to 1920. Interrupted from 1915 to 1918, he did military service and disarmed as a lieutenant in the reserve. In 1922 he received his doctorate in technology.
From 1919 to 1925 he was assistant to Karl Mayreder and Max von Ferstel at the Technical University of Vienna. From 1925 to 1928 he was an associate professor for architecture at the Graz University of Technology and from 1928 to 1961 a full professor for architecture and design at the Graz University of Technology. Around 1940 he was a teacher for bridge building at the pioneer school in Speyer as part of military service . From 1936 to 1938 and 1948 he was rector at the Graz University of Technology .
He practiced in the architectural offices of Rudolf Krausz and Ernst Gotthilf and from 1925 worked as an independent architect in Vienna and Graz.
He was a member of the Graz Secession , from 1933 as Vice President, from 1949 to 1951 as President.
He was on friendly terms with his student Herbert Eichholzer , with whom he worked in the 1930s. Both were briefly engaged in the architecture department of the avant-garde art magazine PLAN, which Otto Basil launched in 1938 , and Eichholzer was executed by the Nazi state.
Recognitions
- from 1975: Friedrich Zotter Memorial Prize, donated by the Central Association of Architects in Austria
Realizations
- 1928: with Erwin Böck and Max Theuer : residential complex of the municipality of Vienna, Vienna 10, Friesenplatz 1–2.
- 1929–1931: with Heinrich Schreiner: residential complex in Graz, Geidorfgürtel 20–24 and Schubertstrasse 22–26.
- 1934: with the sculptor Anton Weinkopf (1886–1948): War memorial for Graz
- 1939: with Karl Hoffmann : Folk rally in Graz, Hötzendorferstrasse.
- 1940–1942: with Karl Hoffmann: Böhlersiedlung in Kapfenberg, Schirmitzbühel.
- 1948–1956: Reconstruction and redesign of the parish church in Knittelfeld
- from 1954 to 1964: with Karl Raimund Lorenz : Elisabethhochhaus in Graz
Web links
- Friedrich Zotter. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Elisabethhochhaus. Nextroom , Wolfgang Feyferlik August 9, 2005.
1. Chair for building theory: August Essenwein (1865–1866) | Josef Horky (1866–1875) | Johann Wist (1875–1913) | Franz Drobny (1914–1925) | Friedrich Jäckel (1926–1943) | Karl Raimund Lorenz (1947–1979) | Günther Domenig (1980–2000) | Hrvoje Njiric (2000-2005) | Andreas Hild (2005–2007) | Hans Gangoly (since 2007)
2. Chair for architectural technology: Heinrich Bank (1872–1906) | Leopold Theyer (1907–1914) | Leopold Cerny (1914–1925) | Julius Schulte (1926–1929) | Wunibald Deininger (1931–1945) | Rolf Eugen Heger (1947–1955) | Günther Gottwald (1957–1971) | Wolfgang Fallosch (1973–1982) | Werner Hollomey (1974-1997) | Horst Gamerith (1977–1981) | Roger Riewe (since 2002)
3. Chair for existing design and monument preservation: Wilhelm von Löw (1888–1924) | Friedrich Zotter (1925–1961) | Ferdinand Schuster (1964–1972) | Anatol Ginelli (1975-1996) | Pierre-Alain Croset (1997-2003) | Ullrich Schwarz (2004–2007) | Simone Hain (2007-2016)
4. Chair for urban planning: Leopold Theyer (1914–1922) | Karl Hoffmann (1922–1957) | Hubert Hoffmann (1959–1974) | Peter Breitling (1975-1993) | Hansjörg Tschom (1988–2003) | Jean Marie Corneille Meuwissen (1996–2016) | Ernst Hubeli (2004–2007) | Aglaée Degros (since 2016)
5. Chair for interior design: Karl Augustinus Bieber (1961–1973) | Josef Klose (1974–1997) | Irmgard Frank (1999-2018) | Alexander Lehnerer (since 2020)
6. Chair for structural design: Friedrich Reisinger (1966–1974) | Harald Egger (1975-2000) | Evelin Rottke (2005-2007) | Harald Kloft (2007-2008) | Stefan Peters (since 2010)
7. Chair of Architectural Theory, Art and Cultural Studies: Sokratis Dimitriou (1967–1989) | Karin Wilhelm (1991-2002) | Susanne Hauser (2003–2005) | Simone Hain (2006-2007) | Ullrich Schwarz (2007–2008) | Anselm Wagner (since 2010)
8. Chair of Architecture and Landscape: Hinrich Bielenberg (1970–1978) | Franz Riepl (1980-2000) | Daniele Marques (2001-2006) | Hans Gangoly (2006-2007) | Klaus Loenhart (since 2007)
9. Chair for Contemporary Art: Giselbert Hoke (1976–1995) | Rudolf Kedl (1987–1991) | Hans Kupelwieser (1995–2014) | Milica Stojanovic (since 2014)
10. Chair of Architecture and Media: Urs Leonhard Hirschberg (since 2003)
11. Chair for Buildings and Energy: Brian Cody (since 2004)
12. Chair for Housing: Hansjörg Tschom (2004–2009) | Andreas Lichtblau (since 2011)
13. Chair for Basics of Construction and Design: Petra Petersson (since 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zotter, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1961 |
| Place of death | Graz |