Fritz Brunner (architect)

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Fritz Brunner (actually Johann Friedrich Brunner ; born December 27, 1839 in Riesbach ; died August 6, 1886 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect of historicism . Together with his brother Adolph , he ran the architecture firm Adolph and Fritz Brunner in Zurich from 1865 until his death .

Education and career

Fritz Brunner graduated from 1855 to 1857 a draftsman apprenticeship with Johann Caspar Wolff , and he also heard as a guest at the newly founded Federal Polytechnic in Gottfried Semper . In 1858 he was with Jean-Henri Bachofen in Geneva before returning to the ETH. After a year-long job at the municipal building department in Basel, he went, like his brother before, to Hans Rychner in Neuchâtel and then also worked for Émile Boeswillwald in Paris.

plant

In 1865 he and his brother founded their own office. Only a few independent works are known by Fritz Brunner, the main part of his work was created together with his brother, who also did not create buildings until after Fritz's death. Above all, his own house in Riesbach should be mentioned here. Increasingly weakened by a heart and liver disease in 1883, he died in Zurich in 1886, his brother continued to run the office.

Selection of works

Adolph and Fritz Brunner
  • Zum Schneggen , Zurich 1864–1866, (interior construction of theguild house plannedby Leonhard Zeugheer and Georg Lasius using parts of the previous society houses)
  • Late classicist houses , Zurich 1866–1869
  • Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern , Luzern 1868–1869 (conversions in the oldest luxury hotel in the city, originally by Melchior Berri )
  • Villa Meissenburg , Zug 1869–1870
  • Gymnasium Schulhaus Seefeld , Zurich 1871, demolished
  • Schindlergut , Zurich 1871, extensively rebuilt in 1914
  • Seidenhaus Rübel and Abegg , Zurich 1872
  • Schröder factory building , Zurich 1872
  • Riesbach parish hall , Zurich 1873
  • Zentralhof , Zurich 1873–1876, block development
  • Mühlebach Schoolhouse , Zurich 1874–1876
  • Apartment building , Zurich 1875
  • Villa Beutter , St. Gallen 1875
  • Villa Wartegg , Zurich 1875–1876, demolished in 1962
  • Kirchhofer House , St. Gallen 1876–1879, today a museum in the Kirchhoferhaus
  • Residence Zur Perle , St. Gallen 1876–1878
  • Zum Steg House , St. Gallen 1876–1879
  • Lendi & Eberhard apartment buildings , Zurich 1877
  • Blattner House , Zurich 1878
  • Hardmeier residential and commercial building , Zurich 1879
  • Inn on Uto-Kulm , Zurich 1879, extensively rebuilt
  • Kappelerhof , Zurich 1878–1888, block development based on a concept by Adolph and Fritz Brunner, execution by various architects, including Fraumünsterstr. 17 by Brunner
  • Villa Daheim , Zug 1879
  • Apartment buildings , Zurich 1880
  • Mühlebach gymnasium , Zurich 1880–1881, completely rebuilt
  • Villa Seeburger-Forrer , Zurich 1881
  • Kantonalbank , Zurich 1882
  • Double villa , Zurich 1884
own works
  • Own home , Zurich 1881, demolished

literature

  • Anne Nagel: Brunner, Adolph and Fritz. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 100
  • NN: Fritz Brunner (Nekrolog) . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 54 , no. 19 , 1886, p. 277 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunner, Johann Friedrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Riesbach
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1886
Place of death Zurich