Hans Mähly

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Hans Mähly (1888–1977) architect, grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Family grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

Hans Mähly (born June 15, 1888 in Basel , † September 30, 1977 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss architect who was committed to neoclassicism and a more traditional modern style .

After studying in Munich , which Mähly completed from 1910 to 1915, he worked in Düsseldorf during the war. In 1918 he returned to Basel and found a job with Hans Bernoulli . The competition for the Petersschule, which he won and carried out together with Weisser, received lasting attention and prevailed against designs by Hannes Meyer , Paul Artaria and Hans Schmidt , which as non-built designs are an important part of the debate on New Building and recent architectural history Role played.

Hans Mähly's works as an architect include:

  • Redesign of the Solitude Park in Basel (1927)
  • Petersschule in Basel (1927)
  • Market Square Fountain in Basel (1932)
  • Sample fair hall in Basel (1941/42; canceled in 1982)
  • High-rise residential buildings Entenweid 1 to 3 in Basel, the first high-rise residential buildings in Switzerland (1950/51)
  • Kindergarten Niederholzstrasse in Riehen (1960)
  • Planning of the Freidorf and Hirzbrunnen settlements
  • Cantonal bank at the fish market in Basel
  • the Rauracher settlement in Riehen as well as numerous single-family houses

Documents about Hans Mähly are also in the State Archives of the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

literature

  • Dorothee Huber: Mähly, Hans. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 208 f.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Petersschule in Basel: Design by Hans Mähly. Implementation by Mähly and Weisser . In: Werk . tape 16 , no. 11 , 1929, pp. 325–329 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-15990 .
  2. ↑ Othmar Birkner, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron : Built - not built: The Peterschule in Basel (1926–1929) . In: Werk-archithese . tape 65 , no. 13-14 , 1978, pp. 6-9 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-50090 .
  3. ^ Catalog search at the State Archives Canton Basel-Stadt
personal data
SURNAME Mähly, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1977
Place of death Lucerne