Hans Leuzinger

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Fridolinshütte, 1921-1922
Kunsthaus Glarus, 1951–1952

Hans Leuzinger (born February 11, 1887 in Glarus ; † August 21, 1971 in Zollikon ) was a Swiss architect. Still committed to neoclassicism after his training, he shaped the beginning of modern building in the canton of Glarus and made a name for himself there in homeland security and building research.

Life

Hans Leuzinger comes from a long-established family of builders and architects; his grandfather Kaspar Leuzinger (1816–1871) had already played a key role in the reconstruction of the canton's capital after the great fire of Glarus in 1861 with his construction business. After graduating from high school in Glarus, Leuzinger studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1906 , a year later he switched to the Technical University of Stuttgart , where he graduated in 1911/1912. He then worked in various offices, including at Streiff and Schindler in Zurich and at Bruno Schmitz in Berlin.

After the First World War , in which he did active service as an officer in the engineering troops and in this function built military bridges, he began his professional career, in addition to small buildings and interior facilities with kindergartens. In the course of the twenties he increasingly made a name for himself as an architect of mountain houses and huts, which were widely received in the specialist press and which contributed to his reputation as a pioneer of modernity in alpine construction. With his numerous buildings in the Glarus Valley , including for the Glarus Cantonal Hospital, for old people's homes and residential buildings, he remained stuck with more traditional forms during this time.

Works (selection)

  • Fridolinshütte , mountain hut, Tödigebiet, 1921–1922.
  • Tuberculosis House , Sanatorium, Glarus, 1922–1924.
  • Elmerberg ski hut , Ennetberge, 1926.
  • Zum Sonnenhügel , residential building, Glarus, 1927.
  • Uf dr Höchi , holiday home, Braunwald, 1927.
  • Planurahütte , mountain hut, Clariden area, 1929–1930.
  • Haus Fuhrhorn , holiday home, Braunwald, 1930.
  • Crèche , Ennenda, 1930–1931.
  • Morgenthaler house , studio house, Zurich, 1931.
  • Ortstockhaus , sports hostel, Braunwald, 1931.
  • Eigenheim , Zollikon, 1932–33.
  • Ackerstrasse , row houses, Zurich, 1934–1935.
  • Hall for the cement industry , pavilion for the Swiss National Exhibition # 1939 (with engineer Robert Maillart , broken off).
  • Living outside , Basel exhibition, ski hut on the Sigriswiler Grat, 1935.
  • Akelei holiday home , Braunwald, 1940–1941.
  • Wohlfart building Erlenhof , canteen and staff building of Therma AG, Schwanden, 1947–1948.
  • Kunsthaus Glarus , Museum, Glarus, 1951–1952.
  • Pavilion school, primary school, Niederurnen, 1953–1954.
  • Jakobsblick , community hall, Niederurnen, 1955–1956.

literature

  • Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber (Hg): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 .
  • Annemarie Bucher et al. (Ed): Hans Leuzinger 1887 - 1971. Pragmatically modern. Exhibition catalog. Gta-Verlag, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-85676-056-3 .

Web links

Commons : Hans Leuzinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Eckstein: New residential buildings . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1932, p. 62 .
  2. ↑ EK: Haus zum Sonnenhügel, Glarus. H. Leuzinger, architect BSA, Glarus . In: Das Werk, Vol. 15, 1928, Issue 9, pp. 280–281 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Leuzinger, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Glarus
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1971
Place of death Zollikon