Friedrich Goffitzer
Friedrich (also Fritz) Goffitzer (born November 21, 1927 in Klagenfurt , † 2010 in Linz ) was an Austrian architect , interior designer and designer .
Live and act
Fritz Goffitzer attended the state building school in Villach in 1949 (building construction division) and studied interior architecture and design at the art school of the city of Linz with Wolfgang von Wersin from 1951 to 1955 . In 1954 he continued his studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna with Norbert Schlesinger with architecture and attended the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg in 1954/55 .
From 1955 to 1960 he was assistant to Heinz Bruno Gallée as a set designer, 1961 to 1964 general secretary and then a member of the board of the Austrian Werkbund in Vienna. From 1973 to 1996 he taught at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz, where he was deputy rector from 1982 to 1989 and rector from 1989 to 1991. In 1986 he was a founding member and first scientific director of the Austrian Research Institute for Disabled-friendly Environmental Design. In 1990 he took over the leadership of the master class for architecture at the University of Design in Linz.
In 1991, on the initiative of Goffitzer, the Association for the Promotion of the Art University Linz was founded, and Eduard Leischko was elected its first President. Karl Rebhahn became honorary president of the association .
He cultivated a friendship and cooperation with Fritz Fröhlich (including the realization of the wall paintings (frescoes) on the subject of "Twelve Tribes of Israel" in the Linz synagogue ).
Goffitzer was first married to Ilse Goffitzer (née Commenda) and her second marriage to the ceramicist Waltraud Praschak (née Thalhammer).
Works
- 1948/49 high altar of the Don Bosco Church in Linz, Fröbelstraße (together with Rudolf Kolbitsch )
- 1962/63 ÖAMTC
- 1963 New Synagogue, Bethlehemstrasse 26, Rathausviertel, Linz-Zentrum (built in 1967/68)
- 1963 Ohnsorg house, Gmunden
- 1965/67 or 1979 Peugeot Leischko
- 1968 Villa Panuschka
- 1968 Christ company, Ebelsberg
- 1969 Wurm and Leischko house, Linz
- 1970 Hamberger Linz
- 1970 Puchenau Golf Club
- 1972 Goffitzer house, Pöstlingberg
- 1980 Reconstruction of the art college and construction of the new gallery (Lentia 2000)
- 1985 Spatial redesign of the St. Matthias parish church in Linz
- 1992 Losensteiner house restoration
- 1992 marble fountain Volkskreditbank, Domgasse
Publications
- Projects, buildings, exhibitions, everyday objects , Linz 1970
- From the nobility of form to pure space , Wolfgang von Wersin on his 80th birthday, selected and compiled by Fritz Goffritzer, Linz 1962
- Walter Rieger, Fritz Goffitzer: Development of a multifunctional building cladding made of surface-refined bricks , in: Ziegelindustrie International Edition 4/2010, p. 30ff
Awards
- 1954 Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for architecture and applied arts
- 1964 gold medal for the overall design of the Austrian section of the Triennale in Milan
- 1969 Austrian State Prize for Applied Art
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Goffitzer
- ↑ Fritz Goffitzer ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Biography)
- ^ Friedrich Goffitzer. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goffitzer, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goffitzer, Fritz (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect, interior designer, designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2010 |
| Place of death | Linz |