Herbert Landauer

Herbert Landauer (born June 23, 1904 in Munich ; † June 28, 1984 ) was a German architect and construction clerk at the Post Building School .

Act

Herbert Landauer studied architecture from 1923 to 1927 at the Technical University of Munich under German Bestelmeyer . He then worked for three years as a trainee lawyer under Robert Vorhoelzer at the Oberpostdirektion Munich , for which he built numerous post offices. In 1930 he became a government master builder ( assessor ) and won a prize for a design for the Ramersdorf model estate . In the early 1930s, he also volunteered for the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association in Munich.

After the Nazi regime came to power , Landauer was transferred to the Reich Aviation Ministry in Berlin , where he was the deputy head of the construction department and was responsible for all Luftwaffe buildings in Bavaria, Württemberg and Baden. From 1935 to 1937 he was involved in setting up the construction department in the Munich Air District Command (= Luftkreis V ) and worked on numerous large construction sites for the Air Force. In 1937 he moved to Berlin and became head of the air force construction department for Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Pomerania. In 1938 he was promoted to senior government building officer. In 1939 he taught as senior director of studies at the Munich trade school in Luisenstrasse. From 1939 to 1941 he was in military service; from 1941 to 1946 he worked again as senior director at the trade school. After the court proceedings in 1946, he was allowed to resume teaching in 1947 and stayed at the trade school until his retirement in 1961.

Buildings (selection)

• 1927: Schleißheim post office (with Robert Vorhoelzer and Sigmund Schreiber )
• 1927: Motor vehicle hall in Straubing (with Robert Vorhoelzer, Fritz Kalkner and Franz Holzhammer )
• 1927: Design for the library building of the Deutsches Museum in Munich (with Schmeißner and Lotz)
• 1927: Solln post office (with Robert Vorhoelzer, Sigmund Schreiber, Walther Schmidt , Hans Schnetzer and Ernst Ott )
• 1928–1930: Post office and amplifier office Grünwald (with Robert Vorhoelzer)
• Residential building in Rosenheim (with Franz Holzhammer and Hubert Gais )
• Self-connection and amplifier office in Rosenheim
• Illuminated advertising at the Munich telegraph office
• 1929: "Ludwigsvorstadt" settlement on Kazmairstrasse in Munich
• 1930: Design for the Ramersdorf model estate
• 1931: Feldafing post office (with Franz Holzhammer and Werner Göckel )
• 1932: Post Office Endorf (with Franz Holzhammer and Heinrich Götzger )
• 1932: Design for the Munich Glass Palace (with Schmeißner and Lotz)
• Airfield and Air Force School Schleißheim (with Dellefant, Heichlinger, Jäger and Landschreiber)
• Luftgaukommando on Prinzregentenstrasse in Munich (with Pfaud and Schüssler)
• Girls high school on Luisenstrasse in Munich
• Trade school for builders and craftsmen in Munich

Web links

Commons : Herbert Landauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Florian Aicher, Uwe Drepper (eds.): Robert Vorhoelzer. An architect's life. The classic modernity of the Post. Callwey, Munich 1990, pp. 176-177.