Karl Higi

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St. Anton Church, Wettingen, 1952–1954
St. Josef Church, Schlieren, 1958–1960
Church of All Saints, Zurich-Neuaffoltern, 1963–1964
St. Michael Church, Zollikerberg, 1964–1966
St. Antonius Church, Münchwilen TG, 1968
Church of the Holy Spirit, Zurich-Höngg, 1971–1973

Karl Higi (born May 31, 1920 in Zurich ; † January 8, 2008 there ) was a Swiss architect. He continued the work of his father Anton Higi after his death in the field of modern Catholic church building in Switzerland.

life and work

Karl Higi studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and graduated in 1945 with a diploma. After studying in Scandinavia , he and his father Anton Higi founded an architectural office in 1946. After Anton Higi's death in 1951, he continued to run the office alone until he retired in 1985.

Karl Higi attached great importance to the interior decoration of his buildings and worked with well-known Swiss painters and sculptors, including a. with Ferdinand Gehr , Alfred Huber , Pierino Selmoni, Max Rüedi and Paul Stöckli (1906–1991).

In 1957, Karl Higi was a lecturer for church buildings at the Catholic. Adult Education Center Zurich. From 1963 to 1973 he acted as building advisor to the Roman Catholic Central Commission of the Canton of Zurich and the Roman Catholic parishes of the city of Zurich.

Karl Higi married Delfina Cassinelli (1926–2012) in 1947, with whom he had three children.

He found his final resting place in the Nordheim cemetery in Zurich .

Buildings (selection)

As an architect, Karl Higi realized numerous settlements, commercial buildings, apartment buildings and single-family houses as well as conversions on buildings by Anton Higi. Karl Higi set a focus of his activity in the area of ​​church building; over a period of 30 years he built 13 new Catholic churches.

estate

  • Estate fragment in the gta archive, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture gta at ETH Zurich

Web links

Commons : Karl Higi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fabrizio Brentini. Building for the Church. Catholic church building of the 20th century in Switzerland. Edition SSL 1994, p. 288.
  2. ↑ The complete list of buildings can be viewed in the gta archive, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture gta at ETH Zurich.
  3. See website of the building cooperative, section Eyhof and In der Ey. ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 18, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schoenheim.ch