Karl Hell

Karl Hell (born September 19, 1908 in Werne near Bochum , † 1999 in Toronto ) was a German architect whose works can mainly be found in Cologne and the surrounding area.

After-work house in the Knapsack Chemical Park

Life and education

After primary school, Hell began training at the Ruhrknappschaft and the building trade school in Essen . He found his first job in the construction department of Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke AG in Düsseldorf. 1933–1940 he worked in Heinrich Bartmann's office in Cologne, then with Konstanty Gutschow in Hamburg . Hell lived on Braunstraße in Cologne-Braunsfeld .

Hell's estate was kept in the historical archive of the city of Cologne in 1462 .

buildings

Building of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• 1950–1952: Building of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• 1953: Gymnasium Kreuzgasse in Cologne
• 1957: After-work house in Hürth-Knapsack , in the Knapsack Chemical Park
• 1958: Former elementary school at Gereonswall (Klingelpützpark) in Cologne
• 1960–1961: Bull high-rise on Wiener Platz in Cologne-Mülheim

Web links

Commons : Karl Hell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ to architecture database or there to: Wolfram Hagspiel : Köln. Marienburg (= city ​​traces, monuments in Cologne , volume 8.) JP Bachem, Cologne 1996.
2. ^ Wolfram Hagspiel , Hiltrud Kier : Cologne. Architecture of the 50s . In: City of Cologne (Hrsg.): Stadtspuren - Monuments in Cologne . tape 6 . JP Bachem , Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7616-0858-6 , p. 45 (With historical photos and new photos by Dorothea Heiermann).
3. ↑ Living in a modern high-rise at koelnarchitektur.de, published in the special supplement “Wohnen & Leben” of the Cologne newspaper group (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Kölnische Rundschau) on the weekend of 25/26. July 2009.