Jakob Glur

Brick buildings on Obstbergweg

Jakob Glur (born January 19, 1842 in Roggwil BE ; † March 23, 1907 in Bern ) was a Swiss builder .

From the 1890s onwards, Glur realized commercial and residential buildings in Bern. His - regionally untypical - use of exposed masonry as a facade material is to be mentioned as a special feature that emphasizes his buildings. The repertoire of shapes includes bay windows , balconies , complex roofs and elaborate wooden structures, and sgraffitos are used as decoration . Glur's main work is the development of the fruit dump in the Gryphenhübeli district in Bern, after the interest of investors fell due to the rising land prices in nearby Kirchenfeld . The construction company Glurs went bankrupt shortly before his death.

Works (selection)

Alpenstrasse 5 , apartment building, Bern 1892
Obstberg settlement , Bern 1892–94
Belp-Str. 24 , workshop and residential building, Bern 1893
Postgasse 35 , apartment building, Bern 1895
Tavelweg 12-20; 28-32 , row houses, Bern 1892–94

literature

Marcus Casutt: Jakob Glur . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2

Web links

Commons : Brick residential buildings in the Obstbergquartier Bern - collection of images, videos and audio files

Building inventory Bern: Building group L: exposed brick buildings by Jakob Glur

supporting documents

^ Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin, Brechtold Weber: INSA: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture, 1850-1920 Vol. 2. Bern . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History 1986. S.

personal data
SURNAME	Glur, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss builder
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Roggwil BE
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 1907
Place of death	Bern

[1] Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin, Brechtold Weber: INSA: Inventory of modern Swiss architecture, 1850-1920 Vol. 2. Bern . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History 1986. S.