Karl Schmalhofer

Amalienbad (1923–1926) by Karl Schmalhofer

Karl Schmalhofer (born November 24, 1871 in Vienna ; † June 10, 1960 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Schmalhofer, who came from a modest background, attended the State Trade School in Vienna, which he graduated in 1891. Since he did not have the means to study, he began as a draftsman in the office of the architects Hans Miksch and Julian Niedzielski , where he was able to carry out some work for the Ministry of the Interior. From 1895 Schmalhofer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Victor Luntz until 1898. In the following 10 years he worked for various architectural offices, including Carl Holzmann . In 1908, Karl Schmalhofer got a job at the Vienna City Planning Department, where he remained until his retirement as senior city planning officer in 1934.

meaning

Along with Karl Ehn, Karl Schmalhofer is one of the most important architects in the Vienna City Planning Office during the interwar period. He created in this function several large Volkswohnung palaces called municipal residential buildings and regarded as his most famous work Amalienbad . Stylistically, his buildings have romantic-cubist characteristics before he too found functional simplicity in the design in the 1930s.

Works

• Erdberger-Hof , Drorygasse 19–23, Vienna 3 (1921–1923)
• Amalienbad , Reumannplatz 9, Vienna 10 (1923–1926), together with Otto Nadel
• Beer-Hof , Wehlistraße 72–86, Vienna 20 (1925), together with Wilhelm Peterle
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Kaiserebersdorfer Straße 2, Vienna 11 (1926)
• Franz-Schuhmeier-Hof , Pfenninggeldgasse 8–12, Vienna 16 (1926–1927), together with Gottlieb Michael
• Johann Mithlinger settlement , Neilreichgasse 100–106, Vienna 10 (1929–1931)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Pramergasse 30, Vienna 9 (1929–1930)
• Am Laaer Berg , Theodor-Sickel-Gasse 14–20, Vienna 10 (1930–1931)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Obere Augartenstrasse 12–14, Vienna 2 (1931)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Landwehrstrasse 5, Vienna 11 (1931–1932)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Schelleingasse 27–29, Vienna 4 (1932)
• Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna , Odoakergasse 10–18, Vienna 16 (1933)

Web links

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

• Karl Schmalhofer. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.