Ignaz Ram

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Ignaz Ram (born October 3, 1781 in Weitra , Lower Austria ; † January 3, 1850 in Vienna ) was an Austrian master builder and architect .

Life

It is not known when the son of a soap maker from Weitra came to Vienna and where he received his training as a bricklayer . The first documented building project in Vienna dates from 1813. In the 1820s he was already busy as a master builder and in 1830 he became a city master builder. He filed a patent for a desiccant that should act against moisture in apartments. From 1833 Ram continued the business after the deceased Adam Hildwein . In that year he was also used by the state administration to survey the old university grounds. In the last decade of his life from 1840 onwards, only modifications by him are documented.

Ignaz Ram was married and had seven children, including their son Franz Ram , who was also a city architect. He probably gave him some construction contracts, so that the attribution is sometimes difficult.

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Ignaz Ram was one of the leading builders of the Vormärz , who worked almost exclusively in the Vienna suburbs and built rental houses there. He made use of a classical language of forms, which, in keeping with the spirit of the times, became more and more sober and simple. The facades show a tendency towards flat design. Among the buildings designed by Ram, the large Elisabethinerzinshaus stands out. The renovations that began in 1840 were probably carried out by his son.

Elisabethinen apartment building (1827)
Dressmakers' Cooperative (1837–1838)
Wickenburggasse 4 (1839-1840)
  • Rental house “Zum Schwarzen Bären” , Tigergasse 7, Vienna 8 (1813), renovation
  • Rental house , Simon Denk-Gasse 7, Vienna 9 (1821)
  • Rental house “Zum Roman Kaiser” , Stiegengasse 9, Vienna 6 (1824, 1827), renovations
  • Rental house , Buchfeldgasse 9 / Schmidgasse 9, Vienna 8 (1824–1827)
  • Rental house , Marchettigasse 7, Vienna 6 (1825), extension of the courtyard wing
  • Rental house , Ungargasse 17, Vienna 3 (1826), addition
  • Rental house , Buchfeldgasse 12, Vienna 8 (1826–1827)
  • Rental house “Haus Korompay” , Thurngasse 3, Vienna 9 (1826), construction management
  • Rental house , Buchfeldgasse 10 / Schmidgasse 10, Vienna 8 (1827)
  • Rental house , Wilhelm Exner-Gasse 1, Vienna 9 (1827), modified by him in 1839
  • Rental house , Buchfeldgasse 7–7a, Vienna 8 (1828), renovation
  • Rental house , Wasagasse 25 / Thurngasse 7, Vienna 9 (1828)
  • Rental house , Schmidgasse 5 / Lenaugasse 13, Vienna 8 (1829)
  • Rental house “Zum Blaue Würfel” , Thurngasse 5, Vienna 9 (1829), renovation
  • Rental house , Wilhelm-Exner-Gasse 1, Vienna 9 (1829), later changed and extended
  • Rental house , Fischergasse 4 / Untere Donaustraße 15, Vienna 2 (1834), later redesigned
  • Rental house "Zum Kühfuß" , Wickenburggasse 20, Vienna 8 (1834), side wing
  • Rental house "Zum Schabdenrüssel" , Ferdinandstrasse 25 / Czerningasse 4, Vienna 2 (1834–1835), renovation; later changed again
  • "Elisabethiner Zinshaus" , Ungargasse 3, Vienna 3 (1827), with Joseph Eyselt
  • Rental house "Zum green Hahn" , Margaretenstrasse 39, Vienna 4 (1837)
  • House of the clothing makers' cooperative , Judenplatz 10 / Fütterergasse 1, Vienna 1 (1837–1838)
  • Rental house , Lenaugasse 15 / Schmidgasse 8, Vienna 8 (1838)
  • Rental house , Grünentorgasse 23, Vienna 9 (1838), renovation
  • Rental house “To the Black Mother of God” , Währinger Strasse 27, Vienna 9 (1838), with Franz Ram
  • Rental house , Ungargasse 22, Vienna 3 (1838), extension of the courtyard wing
  • Rental house , Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 7, Vienna 8 (1839), with Anton Hoppe
  • Rental house , Wickenburggasse 4, Vienna 8 (1839–1840), with Josef Strohmayer
  • Rental house “Zum golden Strauss” , Obere Augartenstraße 52, Vienna 2 (1842), renovation
  • Rental house , Simon Denk-Gasse 5, Vienna 9 (1843), side wing
  • Rental house , Höfergasse 9, Vienna 9 (1845), renovation
  • Residential and commercial building , Zieglergasse 33, Vienna 7 (1846), adaptation
  • Rental house , Garnisongasse 20 / Beethovengasse 1, Vienna 9 (1846), renovation

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SURNAME Ram, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rahm, Ignaz; Ramm, Ignaz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian city builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Weitra , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1850
Place of death Vienna