Josef Zotti

Josef Zotti (born June 24, 1882 in Borgo Valsugana , Austria-Hungary , † November 3, 1953 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect who designed numerous Viennese buildings. His projects include residential and commercial buildings as well as public and industrial buildings as well as interior design.

biography

Josef Zoffi enjoyed extensive professional training in Bolzano and Merano. He then received a scholarship with which he continued his education in Vienna. There he attended the technical college for furniture and building joinery of the Technological Trade Museum . Then he was a student of the renowned architect Josef Hoffmann at the arts and crafts school. At first Zotti tried to work with fabrics and ceramics, later he designed wicker furniture, which established itself as branded products of the Prag Rudniker Korbwaren-Fabrication brand in Central Europe. Zotti's design was characterized by paneling and turned furniture that can be seen in his interiors. From his marriage to Adele Fabrynska, the sons Joseph jun. (1909–1990) and Alois (* 1911). His interest in the research of the chemist Wilhelm Ostwald in the field of color standardization for industry provided a springboard for his career as a lecturer throughout Austria . Towards the end of the 1930s, Zotti largely withdrew and died in Vienna at the age of 71.

Works

The following is a list of all of Josef Zotti's works, as well as the unrealized projects.

Residential / commercial building:

• 1910 Garden pavilion at Villa Ast, Vienna 19, Steinfeldgasse 2
• 1912–1913 House Zwickle-Hartmann (renovation and furnishing), Vienna (address unknown)
• 1913 Lobec Castle (reconstruction and furnishing), Simonek Residence (President of the Skoda Works), Lobec, CZ
• 1913 Pretscher house (renovation and furnishing), Hinterbrühl, Lower Austria
• around 1913 Landhaus Reithoffer (renovation and furnishings), Ternberg, Styria.
• 1916 Villa Pickhardt (remodeling and furnishing), Neulengbach, Lower Austria, Hainfelder Straße 127
• 1916 Hartenstein house (renovation and furnishing), Vienna 3, Strohgasse 35
• 1913–1918 various agricultural buildings, as well as workers 'and officials' houses, Lobec, CZ
• 1915 Villa Reithoffer (renovation and furnishing), Vienna 18, Sternwartestrasse 72 (not preserved)
• 1918–1922 rectory of the Minoritenkirche (renovation), Vienna 1, Minoritenplatz
• 1919–1921 Stranov Castle (reconstruction and furnishing), Stranov, CZ
• 1920 manor house (renovation), Oujezd, CZ
• 1920–1921 Garage and extension of the Masano house, Vienna 5, Kettenbrückengasse 15
• 1922 Zotti wooden house, Seewalchen a. Attersee, Atterseerstraße, Upper Austria (not preserved)
• 1922 Holzhaus Andorf, Seewalchen a. Attersee, Waldweg 3, Upper Austria (not preserved)
• 1923 Villa Zum Steg, Vienna 18, Spitzergasse 9
• 1924 Villa Bolschwing (extension and renovation), Vienna 17, Heuberggasse 15 (not preserved)
• 1924 Rella house (renovation and furnishings) with pharmacy, Strigno, Trentino, I
• 1924–1930 Reconstruction and furnishing of Houska Castle near Hirschberg / Doksy, CZ
• 1926 Landhaus Jungbauer (also Neuhauser), Seewalchen a. Attersee, Atterseerstraße 78, Upper Austria
• 1928–1929 Villa Hammermann, Vienna 13, Winzerstraße 25a
• 1929 Villa Löwenstein (reconstruction and furnishing), Dobrenice near Hradec Králové, CZ
• 1931 Gut House, Vienna 13, Wenzgasse 14
• 1935 extension to a country house (addr. Unknown)
• undated business portal "Bellini", Vienna 6
• various other modifications

Public buildings:

• 1924 Exhibition pavilion of the company "Ingenius", Milan, I
• 1928 Tomb of the Rella family, Strigno, Trentino, I
• 1946 war cemetery u. Monument, Seewalchen a. Attersee, Upper Austria (not preserved)

Industrial / commercial buildings:

• 1916–1918 Headquarters of the Skoda works in Moosbierbaum near Tulln, Lower Austria (demolished)
• 1915–1917 Office and warehouse building for the munitions and Metallwerke Enzesfeld (today Caro-Metallwerke), Fabrikstrasse 2 and the management building Parkweg 8, Lower Austria

Interior layout / design:

Interior design of the Café Museum in Vienna in the 1930s

• 1909–1918 various exhibitions at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry (ÖMKI)
• 1911 International Exhibition, Rome, I (furniture)
• 1912 Hotel Wieninger (Halle), Vienna 18, Semperstrasse 41
• 1912 Exhibition for Church Art, Vienna
• 1913 Establishment of the hall of the Budapest casino, H
• 1913 Weinstube in the Fürstenkeller, Vienna
• 1916–1917 Furnishing and conversion of the Steiner apartment, Vienna 13, Wattmanngasse 25
• 1913–1918 Furnishing and renovation of the Baron Skoda apartment, Vienna 1, Kantgasse
• around 1914 Furnishing and renovation of the Pretscher apartment, Vienna 1, Friedrichstrasse
• 1921–1922 Establishment of the Grand Hotel Palace, Roncegno, I
• 1925 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Paris, F
• around 1929 Furnishing the Zotti apartment, Vienna 12, Schönbrunner Schloßstraße 30
• 1930 Establishment of the Café Museum , Vienna 1, Friedrichstrasse 6 (not preserved)
• 1930 Werkbund exhibition Vienna (various wicker furniture)
• 1933–1934 Establishment of Café Eos, Vienna 3, Rennweg 33 (not preserved)
• 1935 Establishment of Pension Vera, Vienna 9, Alserstraße 18
• n.d. Establishment of the office of the Austria-Daimler-Werke, Vienna 1
• no year establishment of post office in Retz, Lower Austria
• no year establishment of post office in Hollabrunn, Lower Austria
• o. J. Establishment of the office of Zivnostenska Banka, Vienna 1, Herrengasse 12
• oJ establishment of Bankhaus Faklesch Co, Vienna 1st
• no year Establishment of the Groissinger restaurant, Vienna 13
• Untitled Establishment of the Habsburg café and tavern, Vienna 1
• various home furnishings and numerous designs for furniture, fabrics, lamps, service and more

Unrealized projects:

• 1918 school building (project)
• 1920 Café Kettenbrücke, Vienna 4, right Wienzeile 39 (project)
• 1922 small war memorials in Trentino (competition, one prize)
• 1925 House Molinari-Lenzi, Borgo Valsugana, I
• 1930 Villa, Vienna 13, Einsiedelgasse (project)

Web links

• Josef Zotti. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.