Gustav from Cube

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Gustav von Cube (born October 25, 1873 in Menton ; † March 31, 1931 in Duisburg ) was a German architect .

Life

Gustav Hermann v. Cube came from the Baltic German noble family of the Cube , which consists of the Mark Brandenburg came at the beginning of the 18th century in Livonia had settled. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Hanover and became a member of the Corps Macaro-Visurgia . In 1906 he was in Hanover with the dissertation Roman, scenae frons' fourth in the Pompeian murals style About the doctor -Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) PhD .

Before the First World War, he built upper-class villas of a conservative design in the Munich area. After 1920 he worked in partnership with the architect Arthur Buchloh in Duisburg. Both erected some remarkable buildings of brick expressionism in Duisburg . The office was located in the AEG building on Sonnenwall in Duisburg.

Von Cube was a member of the Munich Architects and Engineers Association (MAIV) and the Association of German Architects (BDA).

family

Von Cube's father was the pulmonologist Maximilian Gotthard von Cube (born May 1, 1831 in Salaspils , Latvia ; † November 23, 1910 in Tegernsee ), who lived with Sophie Luise Strohblum (born May 31, 1847 in Saint Petersburg ; † August 13, 1913 in Tegernsee) was married. Gustav von Cube married Maria (Mamy) Sternheim (March 26, 1879 in Berlin; † March 25, 1922 in Munich), a sister of Carl Sternheim , their children were Irma von Cube and Felix-Eberhard von Cube . In 1931 von Cube committed suicide, according to family tradition for economic reasons.

buildings

Residential building (1921)
Villa Henle (1921)
Schiffer's Children's Home Nikolausburg (1923–1927)
  • 1908: Villa Bellemaison for Carl Sternheim and Thea Sternheim at Zugspitzstraße 15 in Höllriegelskreuth
  • 1909: Business and exhibition building for the M. Ballin court furniture factory on Promenadeplatz in Munich (with Karl Stöhr )
  • 1910–1911: Residential and commercial building for the antiquarian Jacques Rosenthal in Munich, Brienner Strasse 47
  • 1911–1912: House at Widenmayerstraße 28 in Munich
  • 1912–1913: Villa Seewies for Gustav Tschernikow in Feldafing , Seewiesstrasse 65
  • 1912–1913: Villa for the private scholar Dr. Kurt Grelling in Höllriegelskreuth, Josef-Breher-Weg 2
  • 1913–1914: Villa for director Otto Luppe in Höllriegelskreuth, Josef-Breher-Weg 3
  • 1921: Villa Henle in Duisburg-Duissern, Wilhelmshöhe 10 (cultivation of Emil Fahrenkamp ) location
  • 1921: Residential building in Duisburg, Kardinal-Galen-Strasse 2, location 4
  • 1921–1923: Villa for Ludwig Giesen in Duisburg Dellviertel, Friedenstraße 106 (with Arthur Buchloh) location ,
  • 1922-1924:. Office and retail building for Alfred Bergk, gene, "Mercedes-house" in Duisburg, Sonnenwall 73 (changed after 1945, listed building) location
  • 1923: Villa in Duisburg, Curtiusstraße 1 (with Arthur Buchloh) location
  • 1924: Villa in Duisburg, Curtiusstraße 3 (with Arthur Buchloh) location
  • before 1924: group of houses Kruse mill in Duisburg-Ruhrort (with Arthur Buchloh) location
  • Mercator-Palast cinema in Duisburg, Königstrasse (destroyed)
  • 1924: Oranienstrasse group of houses in Duisburg (with Arthur Buchloh)
  • 1925: City villa for Dr. Max Vygen in Duisburg, Böningerstraße 39 (rebuilt after 1945) location
  • Group of houses for Wilhelm Schmitz in Duisburg, Nahestrasse Lage
  • Women's ward of the St. Joseph Hospital in Duisburg- Laar (with Hans Walbrück)
  • 1923–1927: Schiffer's children's home “Nikolausburg” in Duisburg- Ruhrort Lage

Fonts

  • About the Roman 'Scenae Frons' in the Pompeian murals of the 4th style. Wasmuth, Berlin 1906. (also dissertation, Technical University of Hanover, 1906.)

literature

  • o. V .: New work by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gustav von Cube and Arthur Buchloh, architects BDA Aida Verlag, o.O. 1930.
  • Gudrun Escher, Claudia Euskirchen, Ulrich Bücholdt, Rüdiger Jordan, Marco Kieser: Gustav von Cube (1873–1931), architect in Munich and Duisburg . In: Preservation of monuments in the Rhineland , issue 3/2011.
  • Nicolai von Essen (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part Oesel. Tartu 1935, page 92. ( Digitized at the Digital Library, Munich Digitization Center (MDZ) of the Bavarian State Library )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 180.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i List of monuments of the city of Duisburg
  3. ↑ cf. List of architectural monuments in Pullach im Isartal # Höllriegelskreuth
  4. ↑ German Art and Decoration , Volume 25.
  5. ↑ cf. List of monuments in Munich
  6. ↑ ... , last accessed on August 9, 2011
  7. ^ WAZ: A house with a city history
  8. ↑ serial no. 137 of the monuments list of the city of Duisburg, entry from December 15, 1992
  9. ↑ Schifferkinderheim mentioned in the article on Fürst-Bismarck-Straße in Duisburg on the Route der Industriekultur website , last accessed on January 17, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Cube, Gustav von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Menton
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1931
Place of death Duisburg