Heinrich Meili-Wapf

Heinrich Meili-Wapf (born July 20, 1860 in Zurich ; died July 28, 1927 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss architect who ran one of the larger Lucerne architecture firms in the dying historicism on the border with Art Nouveau , and above all in the Central Switzerland planned booming hotel construction. His most famous work is the Hotel Palace Luzern .

Life

Heinrich Meili attended the schools in his hometown of Zurich and did a construction internship there before studying at the ETH Zurich from 1880 to 1884 . His design teachers there were Friedrich Bluntschli and Ferdinand Stadler . Study visits took him to the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy (Vienna, Budapest, Trieste) and Italy (Florence). In 1889 he settled in Lucerne, where he initially worked for Arnold Bringolf , but was able to open his own office the following year. He ran this office for thirty years, from 1890 to 1924, from 1917 together with his son Armin Meili .

From 1892 to 1898 he was head of the structural engineering department of the Gotthard Railway and, in addition to the railway officials' settlement in Erstfeld, was responsible for the railway stations in Küssnacht , Meggen and the wedge station in Arth-Goldau .

Works (selection)

Illustration of the planned village to which Hospental was to be relocated during the construction of the Urseren power plant that was ultimately not built , 1920

Villa Moosmatt , Lucerne 1889
Villa Toscana , Lucerne 1890–91
Villa Schumacher , Lucerne 1890–92
Schumacher House , Lucerne 1891–92
Villa Friedeck , Lucerne 1892
Official houses , Erstfeld 1894–95
Küssnacht station , 1894–97
Meggen station , 1894–97

Arth-Goldau train station

Arth-Goldau station , 1895–96
Quartier Hirschmatt and Tribschen , Lucerne 1897 (competition 1st prize, with Friedrich Amberg)
Church staircase , St. Leodegar in the courtyard , Lucerne 1897 (competition 1st prize)
Cantonal school and retirement home , Schaffhausen 1897 (competition 1st prize)
Hotel Rössli , Lucerne 1899–1900
Tenement houses Obere Pilatusstr. , Lucerne 1901-02
Küssnacht School , Lucerne 1904

Palace Lucerne

Hotel Palace , Lucerne 1904-06
Tenement house in Frankenstr. , Lucerne 1906-07
Hotel Semiramis , Cairo 1907
Murbacherhof , Lucerne 1909
Reformed Church , Sursee 1912–13 (with Friedrich Amberg )
Schoolhouse , office around 1913
Schoolhouse , Erstfeld around 1913
Schoolhouse , Nottwil around 1913
Friedberg Garden City Estate , Lucerne 1920–21 (with Armin Meili )
Ref. Church , Solothurn 1923–25 (with Armin Meili )

literature

Jochen Hesse: Meili-Wapf, Heinrich. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 368 f.
Anton Gössi: Heinrich Meili. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Patrick Schoeck-Ritschard: Patrimoine suisse et les projets hydroélectriques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale . In: Heimatschutz / Patrimoine 1/2018, p. 18 .

personal data
SURNAME	Meili-Wapf, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meili, Heinrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	July 28, 1927
Place of death	Lucerne

[1] Patrick Schoeck-Ritschard: Patrimoine suisse et les projets hydroélectriques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale . In: Heimatschutz / Patrimoine 1/2018, p. 18 .