Georg Lasius
Georg Lasius (born April 15, 1835 in Easter Castle , † June 28, 1928 in Zurich ; full name: Georg Christian Otto Lasius ) was a German architect and university professor .
Life
Lasius was a son of the architect Otto Lasius (1797–1888). He initially served as a seaman from 1851 to 1853. From 1854 to 1857 he studied architecture at the Hanover Polytechnic , where he also worked practically with Conrad Wilhelm Hase . During his studies in Hanover, Lasius became a member of the Corps Saxonia there . In 1859 he continued his studies with Gottfried Semper at the Zurich Polytechnic . After passing the state examination (1860) and working in Oldenburg, he completed his habilitation in 1862 at the Zurich Polytechnic. He then stayed temporarily in Paris. In 1863 he returned to Zurich, where in 1867 he became professor of building construction theory and architectural drawing. In 1923 he retired.
Among his children were the painter and graphic artist Otto Lasius (1866–1933), the architect Theodor Lasius (* 1868) and the painter Wilhelm Lasius (* 1871).
Awards
The University of Zurich awarded Lasius an honorary doctorate in 1905 .
Works (selection)
Buildings and designs
- 1884: Institute for Chemistry at the Zurich Polytechnic (together with Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli )
- 1885: Atelier for Arnold Böcklin in Zurich
- 1886–1890: Institute for Physics at the Zurich Polytechnic (together with Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli)
such as
- Protestant church in Brake on the Weser
- Society house " Zum Schneggen " in Zurich
Fonts
- Architecture in its chronological and constructive development. Darmstadt 1863 ff.
- Warm air heating with continuous firing . In: Railway (= technical communications from the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects . No. 18 ). tape 11 . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1880, OCLC 72594503 .
- Construction of a federal parliament and administration building in Bern . Zürcher & Furrer, Zurich 1885.
literature
- Lasius, Georg Christian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 405 .
- Claudia Fischer-Karrer: Georg Lasius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Katia Frey: The house and the garden of the architect Georg Lasius in Zurich (1876) . In: City landscapes. Swiss garden art in the age of industrialization . Offizin-Verlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-907496-44-2 , p. 110-116 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Lasius, Georg in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Goldstein, Ruth Kähler, Hermann Kähler: Dictionary of monograms - Monogrammlexikon . tape 1 . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-080453-0 , p. 1007 ( books.google.de ): "Lasius, Georg Christian Otto, Prof .: Born Oldenburg 1835, architect ..."
- ^ Claudia Elbert: Claus Köpcke 1831–1911 networks; Biography of an engineer (= materials on building research and building history . Volume 17 ). KIT Scientific Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86644-758-5 , ISSN 0940-578X , p. 171 , note 13 with the text on p. 183 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “13 Georg Christian Lasius (1835–1928) studied with G. Semper at the Polytechnic in Hanover and Zurich and taught at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum (ETH) until 1923 Building construction theory and architectural drawing. "
- ↑ Böcklin studio in old size . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 27, 2001 ( nzz.ch ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lasius, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lasius, Georg Christian Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Easter castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1928 |
| Place of death | Zurich |