Karl Moser (architect)
Karl Coelestin Moser (born August 10, 1860 in Baden ; † February 28, 1936 in Zurich ) was a Swiss architect who also worked in an office community with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe from 1888 to 1915 and was an influential university lecturer in Zurich from 1915 .
biography
Born as the son of the architect Robert Moser , Karl Moser studied architecture from 1878 to 1882 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . After studying in Paris, where he also created watercolors and color drawings, he met the architect Robert Curjel while working in Wiesbaden , with whom he opened the architectural office “Curjel und Moser” in Karlsruhe in 1888; At times they also had a branch office in Basel . Curjel and Moser soon gained attention in the field of church building. Their success can also be seen in the various representative building projects with which they were entrusted. After the college building was completed in 1914, Moser was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich . The shared office with Curjel ended in 1915, after which Moser continued his work on his own responsibility, while his former partner worked for the Badischer Baubund from 1916 . In 1917 his daughter, the singer Helene Moser (1893–1965), married the sculptor August Suter .
On October 1, 1915, Moser was appointed full professor of architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. As a university lecturer, he influenced many later well-known architects, including Max Ernst Haefeli , Rudolf Steiger and his son Werner Max Moser , who later merged to form the HMS architectural office . On October 1, 1928, Moser retired.
Karl Moser was the founding president of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne . Karl Moser had his close friend, the sculptor Oskar Kiefer , designed some of his buildings in Switzerland and Karlsruhe . His estate is kept in the archive of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (GTA) at ETH Zurich. Moser was buried in the Fluntern cemetery .
Buildings and designs
1888–1915 (Curjel and Moser office)
- 1892-1893: ev.-ref. Johanneskirche in Bern
- 1894: Einstein House of the Old Cantonal School in Aarau
- 1895: St. Sebastian in Wettingen
- 1896–1897: Villa Boveri in Baden
- 1898–1899: Villa Römerburg (demolished 1957) in Baden
- 1899–1900: Villa Langmatt in Baden
- 1897: Bally Kosthaus in Schönenwerd
- 1897–1900: Protestant Christ Church in Karlsruhe
- 1898-1901: ev.-ref. Pauluskirche in Basel
- 1898-1902: Cath. Parish Church of St. Michael in Zug
- 1898–1902: School and community center in Seon (attributed to Karl Moser)
- 1899–1900: Rheinlust in Rheinfelden
- 1901–1904: ev. Johanniskirche with rectory in Mannheim-Lindenhof
- 1902–1904: Protestant Church Bruggen, Straubenzell / St. Gallen West
- 1902–1903: Junker house (called Villa Ottilie ) in Karlsruhe, Ludwig-Marum-Straße 10
- 1902–1905: ev.-ref. Pauluskirche in Bern
- 1904–1905: Villa Baumann in Baden
- 1904–1910: Kunsthaus Zürich
- 1905–1907: Protestant Luther Church with rectory in Karlsruhe
- 1906-1908: Cath. Parish Church of St. Anton Zurich
- 1908: ev.-ref. Church in Degersheim
- 1911: ev.-ref. Church in Flawil
- 1907: Building of the Evangelical Upper Church Council in Karlsruhe
- 1908–1911: Hämmerle factory owners' villa in Dornbirn , Oberdorf
- 1910–1913: Badischer Bahnhof in Basel
- 1910–1913: ev.-ref Church Heiligkreuz in St. Gallen Heiligkreuz
- 1910-1912: cath. Parish Church of St. Paul in Lucerne
- 1911–1914: Main building of the University of Zurich
- 1912-1914: Cath. Parish Church of St. Josef Zurich
- 1913: Building of the general local health insurance fund in Karlsruhe
- 1914: Villa Bassermann in Mannheim
- 1913–1915: Exhibition hall and concert hall in Karlsruhe
(compare also catalog raisonné in the article Robert Curjel )
after 1915
- 1918–1920: Large Fluntern Church in Zurich-Fluntern
- 1925–1927: Roman Catholic parish church St. Antonius in Basel
literature
- Dorothea Christ , Dorothee Huber; Roman Catholic Church Basel-Stadt (ed.): The Antonius Church in Basel. A major work by Karl Moser. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-7643-2600-X .
- Hans Curjel : Karl Cölestin Moser (1860-1936). In: Argovia , annual journal of the Historical Society of the Canton of Aargau, Vol. 68–69, 1958, pp. 549–554 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrike Jehle-Schulte Strathaus: The Zurich Art House . A museum building by Karl Moser. In: History and Theory of Architecture. Volume 22, Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-7643-1242-4 .
- Konrad Krimm, Wilfried Rößling, Ernst Strebel: Curjel & Moser . Urban accents around 1900 in Karlsruhe. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 1987, ISBN 3-89309-020-7 (catalog for the exhibition from March 29 to May 10, 1987, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe / European Cultural Days Karlsruhe 1987 - turn of the century ).
- Stanislaus von Moos , Sonja Hildebrand (ed.): The Zurich University Building by Karl Moser , Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85881-422-7 .
- Werner Oechslin , Sonja Hildebrand (ed.): Karl Moser. Architecture for a new era: 1880 to 1936. 2 volumes, gta, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-85676-250-6 .
- Wilfried Rößling: Curjel & Moser, architects in Karlsruhe, Baden . A work overview with special consideration of the Christ Church and the Luther Church in Karlsruhe. CF Müller, Karlsruhe 1986, ISBN 3-7880-9735-3
- Friedemann Schäfer: City walks in Karlsruhe - Art Nouveau. Braun, Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 978-3-7650-8360-0 .
- Ernst Strebel: Moser, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 196 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Andreas Schenk, City of Mannheim (Germany): Architectural Guide Mannheim . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-496-01201-3 , p. 122 .
- Silvia Siegenthaler: Karl Moser and the Turgi schoolhouse . In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 74, 1999, pp. 146–151. ( e-periodica.ch )
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Moser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl Moser. In: arch INFORM .
- Ernst Strebel: Moser, Karl Coelestin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Information about Karl Moser at the SAAI Karlsruhe
- Kunsthaus Zürich: Biography Karl Coelestin Moser (1860–1936) (PDF; 40 kB)
credentials
- ↑ Watercolors and color drawings by Karl Moser
- ↑ ballyhouse.ch - The history of Bally House
- ↑ Online inventory of the Cantonal Preservation of Monuments in Aargau : "Presumably, the community and district school building from 1900 was built according to plans by the famous Baden architect Karl Moser"
- ↑ Stadtwiki karlsruhe: "Junker House" also called "Villa Ottilie", in Ludwig-Marum-Strasse 10. It is a pure Art Nouveau building and therefore very rare. It was built in 1903. The facades are very uneven, as are the windows.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Moser, Karl |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moser, Karl Coelestin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1860 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden , Switzerland |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1936 |
Place of death | Zurich |