Gustav Hoppe

Gustav Hoppe (born April 14, 1899 in Vienna ; † November 11, 1974 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Gustav Hoppe came from a family of architects. His father was Paul Hoppe . After attending a private high school, he studied civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology from 1919 under Rudolf Saliger and Karl Mayreder . He obtained his diploma in 1925 and received his doctorate as Dr. techn. He then worked in his father's office, where he managed a major project in Sofia as well as overseeing other projects in Greece , Belgium and France . From 1928 to 1946 Hoppe was an assistant at the Institute for Building Construction and Mechanics. He became a building officer and went into business for himself in 1933 after the death of his father. In 1935 he became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus .

plant

Hoppe was a versatile and busy architect, but without great artistic demands. During the National Socialist period, he carried out numerous armaments projects in the Lower Danube and Upper Danube Gau. After the war he worked as a planner, expert, appraiser and material tester for the municipality of Vienna, where he built some residential buildings. In addition, Hoppe mainly planned industrial buildings throughout Austria. He also renovated churches.

Börsegasse 6, Vienna 1 (1951–1952)

• Structural and replacement structures in the reservoir of the Jochenstein power plant owned by Upper Austrian Kraftwerke-AG , together with Erwin Böck
• Wohnhausanlage , Hernalser main road 98, Wien 17 (1949-1959)
• Residential house , Börsegasse 6, Vienna 1 (1951–1952)
• Residential complex , Migazziplatz, Vienna 12 (1952), along with Viktor Fenzl
• Residential complex , Schüttaustraße / Kaisermühlendamm, Vienna 22 (1955-1956), along with Erwin Böck and Walter Vasa
• Women's high school and federal high school XIX , Billrothstraße 26–30, Vienna 19 (1960)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Margaretenstrasse 36, Vienna 4 (1969–1970)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Margaretenstrasse 31, Vienna 4 (1970–1972)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Millergasse 23, Vienna 6 (1975–1978)

Also:

• Machine hall of Julius Pintsch AG
• Silos and storage facilities for farms in Lower Austria
• several sawmills
• Exhibition buildings, trade fair pavilions
• Renovation work on Gurk Cathedral
• Renovation work on the Göllersdorf parish church

literature

• Helmut Weihsmann: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects . Promedia, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85371-234-7 , pp. 166-167