Fritz Reichl

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Fritz Reichl (born February 2, 1890 in Baden , † 1959 in Los Angeles ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Fritz Reichl was of Jewish descent. He first attended courses at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Bertold Löffler and Michael Powolny , but then, at his father's request, studied architecture from 1908 to 1914 at the Technical University with Karl König , Max von Ferstel , KF Krauss and Leopold Simony . After internships at various architectural offices, Reichl was enlisted as a civil engineer in the army. He was only able to open his own office in 1925. After Austria's annexation to the German Empire, Clemens Holzmeister made it possible for him to take over his office in Turkey, where he spent the war years in Istanbul and Ankara. In 1946 Reichl emigrated to the USA, where his son lived, and initially opened an office together with Emanuel Neubrunn. Then he moved to Los Angeles and worked in Richard Neutra's office . In 1953 he finally founded the company Reichl & Starkman together with Max Starkmann, which he continued to run alone after Reichl's death in 1959.

meaning

Reichl was an architect influenced by the modern age and his contacts to Clemens Holzmeister and Richard Neutra. He mainly created functional, factual buildings.

Works

  • Official residences , Eisenstadt (1926–1927), together with Alexius Wolf (1898–1951)
  • Children's home on the beach of Miramare , Rimini (1929)
  • Volkswohnhaus of the municipality of Vienna , Puchsbaumplatz 14, Vienna 10 (1929)
  • Remodeling of the Hilde and Auguste Hériot house , Rustenschacherallee 30, Vienna 2 (around 1930, destroyed in 1962)
  • Interior design of the Seidler family apartment , Peter-Jordan-Straße 68, Vienna 19 (around 1930)
  • House JN Kral , Prachatitz (1931–1932)
  • Interior design of an apartment in the Palais Salm , Vienna 3 (1936)
  • Leonhard Martin Apartment House , Beverly Hills (1949)
  • Erich Reichl House , Pittsburgh (1955)

gallery

  • Official residences, Eisenstadt (1926–1927)

  • Volkswohnhaus of the municipality of Vienna, Puchsbaumplatz 14, Vienna 10 (1929)

  • Hesky House, Stitneho 10, České Budějovice (renovation, 1931)

  • House JN Kral, Prachatitz (1931–1932)

literature

  • Fritz Reichl: A selection of works and drafts. Wiener Architekten series . Elbemühl: Vienna 1932

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Armand Weiser : A house in the Prater in Vienna: a work by the architect Fritz Reichl, Vienna . In: interior decoration . No. 1/1931 (XLII. Year). Koch, Darmstadt 1931, pp. 2–5. - Full text online (PDF; 4 MB) .
personal data
SURNAME Reichl, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH to bathe
DATE OF DEATH 1959
Place of death los Angeles