Heinrich de Fries

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Heinrich de Fries (born November 30, 1887 in Berlin , † August 15, 1938 in Werder an der Havel ) was a German architecture critic and university lecturer for architecture and urban planning at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

He studied at the Technical University of Hanover , then at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, at the Technical University of Charlottenburg and at the University of Bonn . After completing his studies, he worked in Peter Behrens ' office from 1916 to 1918 . In 1919, after the death of Theodor Goecke , he took over the editing of the magazine Der Städtebau , which was published by the Free Academy of Urban Development .

In 1929, the design he made together with Emil Fahrenkamp won first prize in a competition for an extension of the Reichstag building in Berlin; due to the global economic crisis , this draft was not implemented. One of his works is the Reichsheimstätten settlement “Unter den Eichen” in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim from 1930, which he designed together with Gustav August Munzer .

Fonts (selection)

  • (together with Peter Behrens ): About economical building. A contribution to the settlement question. Verlag der Bauwelt, Berlin 1918.
  • Residential cities of the future. Redesign of the small apartments in the building construction of the big city. Verlag der Bauwelt, Berlin 1919.
  • Modern villas and country houses. Wasmuth, Berlin 1924. (several supplemented editions)
  • The Münsterplatz in Ulm and its future design. An urban development task for the future. Otto Karl Stollberg & Co., Berlin 1925.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright. From the life's work of an architect. E. Pollak, Berlin 1926.
  • Young architecture in Germany. A cross-section through the development of new building design in the present. Otto Karl Stollberg, Berlin 1926. (Reprints 1980 and 2001)
  • Thoughts about the Tagblatt tower . In: Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt 1928. On the consecration of the Tagblatt tower house on November 5, 1928, [Stuttgart]: [Neues Tagblatt] [1928], pp. 39–49

literature

  • Roland Jaeger: Heinrich de Fries and his contribution to architecture journalism in the twenties. Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-7861-2378-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fries, Heinrich de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architecture critic and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1938
Place of death Werder on the Havel