Karl Moser (architect)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl Moser
Christ Church in Karlsruhe , 1900
Badischer Bahnhof in Basel (1910)
Big Fluntern Church in Zurich-Fluntern , 1920
Kunsthaus Zurich (around 1920)
Parish Church of St. Antonius in Basel , 1927

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)

(compare also catalog raisonné in the article Robert Curjel )

after 1915

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

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

credentials

  1. ↑ Watercolors and color drawings by Karl Moser
  2. ↑ ballyhouse.ch - The history of Bally House
  3. ↑ 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"
  4. ↑ 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
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