Hans Voigt (architect)

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Hans Voigt (born October 24, 1879 in Leipzig ; † 1953 ibid) was a German architect .

Life

Voigt studied at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg . After completing his studies, he worked as an architect in Leipzig. From 1905 to 1914 he was employed as the first architect in the Leipzig architecture office of Emil Franz Hänsel , where he was involved in many of Hansel's buildings. From 1920 Voigt worked independently with the architect Carl William Zweck (1878–1951). The Zweck & Voigt office designed many buildings in Leipzig in the New Objectivity style . His main work is the New Grassi Museum , built with stylistic echoes of New Objectivity and Art Deco .

Hans Voigt was a member of the Association of German Architects . He died at the age of 73 and was buried in the Leipzig- Gohlis cemetery.

plant

First courtyard of the New Grassi Museum in Leipzig
Bethanienkirche in Leipzig-Schleußig

Collaboration on projects by Emil Franz Hänsel

Buildings and designs in independent activity together with Carl William Zweck

  • 1920: Reconstruction of the Volkshaus in Leipzig, which was destroyed in the Kapp Putsch , Südstraße 30/32 (today Karl-Liebknecht-Straße)
  • 1922: Residential houses at Kirschbergstrasse 4, 6, 6a in Leipzig
  • 1925–1929: New Grassi Museum in Leipzig, Johannisplatz 5–11
  • 1926: Heroes' monument in Markranstädt
  • 1927: Stadtsparkasse in Rochlitz
  • 1927: Competition design for the redesign of Augustusplatz in Leipzig (awarded a 3rd prize)
  • 1928: Voigt house in Leipzig, Kleiststrasse 47
  • 1931: Tietze flower hall in Leipzig, Theresienstraße 75
  • 1931–1933: Evangelical Lutheran Bethanienkirche in Leipzig-Schleußig, Stieglitzstraße 42
  • 1933: Deaconess retirement home in Leipzig- Lindenau

In 1927, Zweck and Voigt carried out the "rebaroque" renovation of the Zöbigker Castle in Markkleeberg - Zöbigker based on a design by Paul Schultze-Naumburg .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Schloss Zöbigker (section History in the Period 1830–1925 ) at www.markkleeberg.de , accessed on August 30, 2016.