Karl Heinrich Brunner

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Karl Heinrich Brunner-Lehenstein (born October 31, 1887 in Perchtoldsdorf , Lower Austria , † June 15, 1960 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect and town planner.

Life

The son of a Uhlan riding master and the daughter of a Hungarian member of the Reichstag (Ilona von Kapistöry) attended secondary school in Vienna's 3rd district and the Vienna University of Technology. From 1910 to 1919 he worked as an assistant to Professor Karl Mayreder at this institution (today Vienna University of Technology ). In 1918 he completed his studies with a doctorate - in addition, Brunner served as a first lieutenant (engineer officer) in the aviation troops from 1914 to 1918. Brunner also ran economicsStudies. In 1924 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Vienna, in 1926 he founded the journal “Die Baupektiven”. From 1929 he was involved in urban planning in South America (Chile and Colombia), but occasionally returned to Austria. From 1931 he was honorary professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile , in 1932 he became an associate professor in Vienna. A call to Vienna in 1937 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts to succeed Peter Behrens was not accepted by Brunner in 1938 after the Anschluss for political reasons. Brunner stayed in Bogotá as a professor . In 1948 he was appointed head of Vienna's urban planning department. On November 28, 1957, he received the Medal of Honor from the federal capital Vienna .

In 1988 the Brunner-Lehenstein-Gasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.

Works

Residential house Linzer Straße 45 in Vienna-Penzing
  • Residential building Linzer Straße 45, Vienna- Penzing , built 1900–1901
  • Residential building at Herklotzgasse 11, Vienna- Fünfhaus (built 1900–1901)
  • Residence Sechshauser Straße 93, Vienna- Rudolfsheim (built 1904–1905)
  • Rental house Sechshauser Straße 91, Vienna-Rudolfsheim (built 1909)
  • Rental house and factory building of the telephone and telegraph factory H. Jakobi u. Co., Gurkgasse 50, Vienna-Penzing (built 1913)
  • Landhaus Karl Rainer, Loich , Lower Austria (built 1913)
  • Villa Dr. Siegel, Loich, Lower Austria (built 1914)
  • various troop accommodation, supply structures and prisoner of war camps, Vienna and Lower Austria (built 1914–1918)
  • Conversion of various POW camps into residential complexes (1919)
  • Housing estate Am Föhrenhain, Schauboden , Lower Austria (built 1921–1922)
  • Manor house for Baron Thavonat, Wittau , Lower Austria (built 1922)
  • House Ing.Moro, Klosterneuburg , Lower Austria (built 1923)
  • Landhaus Ing.H. Fritsch and F. Schalk, Loich, Lower Austria (built 1926)
  • Fürst Batthyány-Strattmann house, Enzersdorf an der Fischa , Lower Austria (built 1928)
  • Residence Dr. Raphael Koller, Hallein , State of Salzburg (built 1928)
  • various urban development plans in Chile (1929–1934)
  • various urban development plans, planning of parks, plaza designs and public buildings in Colombia (1933–1948)
  • Workers' settlements in Bogotá , Colombia (built 1933–1948)
  • urban planning for Panama City (1940–1941)
  • Residential complex Treustraße 61–69, Vienna- Brigittenau (with Leo Nikolaus Bolldorf, Fritz Sammer and Anton Siegl; built 1956)
  • Housing complex Wagramer Strasse 164–168, Vienna- Kagran (built 1959)

Fonts

  • Urban development and express transport . Vienna 1955.
  • Urban planning for Vienna . Vienna 1952.
  • Manual de urbanismo ; Vol. 1: Sintesis, las viviendas urbanas, saneamiento ; Vol. 2: La edificacion urbana, rascacielos, urbanizaciones, vialidad y transito, urbanismo subterraneo . Bogotá 1939/1940.
  • Bird's eye instructions . Munich 1928.
  • Building Policy as Science . Vienna 1925.

literature

  • Andreas Hofer: Karl Heinrich Brunner and the role of European urban planning in Latin America in the first half of the 20th century . Dissertation, Vienna University of Technology 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Karl Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunner-Lehenstein, Karl Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect and urban planner
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Perchtoldsdorf
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1960
Place of death Vienna