Hans Arndt (architect)

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Hans Arndt (* 1904 in Deutschlandsberg ; † August 28, 1971 ) was an Austrian architect , civil engineer and consultant for building construction .

Live and act

Old fire hall at the Linzer Urnenhain, planned by Julius Schulte , completed by Hans Arndt, Paul Theer and Rudolf Nowotny

He practiced from 1920 to 1922 as an apprentice mason and at the same time graduated from the state trade school. After studying at the Graz University of Technology, he worked as a construction technician at a housing cooperative in Köflach until 1924 .

From 1927 to 1928 he worked in the studio Schulte in Linz and placed after the unexpected death of Julius Schulte to 1931 together with Paul tar some of the designed of this buildings completed including the ceremonial hall with sinking machinery in the center of the tower-like fire hall of the newly created urn grove in Urfahr with Echoes of Clemens Holzmeister's crematorium in Vienna . This building is considered to be one of Julius Schulte's main works. He was also buried there, although it was not yet generally available when he died.

From 1931 he was a freelance architect. Arndt was a member of the MAERZ artists' association .

Works

Housing complex Gärtnerstraße - Coulinstraße, planning: Hans Arndt
  • Arndt and Theer (partly also Sturmberger and Haselmayer) planned their own projects in Linz and the surrounding area until around 1932 (including Cafe Central, location plans for monumental residential complexes, test houses for a housing association, Linzerhaus on the Wurzeralm).
  • Arndt was active as an architect in Linz from around 1931 to the mid-1950s (including during World War II ) in the planning and implementation of residential complexes, factory halls and other public buildings.
  • Filial church St. Isidor (Leonding) and children's village, 1951/52

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Arndt, detailed biography on the website of the City of Linz on November 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Schulte, Julius (1881–1928), architect, in: Web presence of biography portal queried on November 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Julius Schulte and his students , website of the Upper Austria. State library queried on November 12, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Arndt, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Deutschlandsberg
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1971