Konrad von Steiger

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Traugott Franz Konrad von Steiger (born November 10, 1862 , † February 21, 1944 ) was a Swiss architect and Bernese cantonal master builder.

Life

Konrad von Steiger studied architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart and at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . He became a member of the Corps Stauffia Stuttgart and in 1885 of the Corps Franconia Karlsruhe . After completing his studies, he returned to Bern, where he worked as an architect and cantonal master builder.

He planned and erected numerous buildings, often in the functional home style , which are now included in the inventory of modern Swiss architecture in the city of Bern or in the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance .

Steiger was an officer in the Swiss Army . As an infantry captain in stage service, he was promoted to major in 1914.

plant

Oeschberg Horticultural School

Buildings

  • Cantonal Horticultural School Oeschberg in Koppigen , around 1920
  • Flat-roofed villa, Lombachweg, Bern, 1906 (together with Albert Gerster )
  • Cantonal Oberseminar, Muesmattstrasse 27, Bern, 1904
  • Cantonal women's hospital, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Bern, extensions 1910–1912 and 1919–1921
  • Botanical Garden , Altenbergrain, Bern
  • Reconstruction, extension of a lecture hall, new orangery and palm house, 1904
  • Fish hatchery, 1907
  • Research institute on the west side, 1950 (realized posthumously)
  • "Old Clinic" (Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Bern), 1911–1913

Fonts

  • The extensions to the cantonal women's hospital in Bern. 1922. (Together with Hans Guggisberg and Arnold Brönnimann (editor))

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Gender Book , 1907, 2nd year, p. 536
  2. ↑ Nadja Noldin: Where old houses stand close together. In: Berner Zeitung of April 17, 2013.
  3. ^ Corps list of Franconia Karlsruhe 1839–1929 , No. 307
  4. ↑ Official publications January 1914
  5. ^ Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin: INSA, Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture, 1850–1920, Bern. P. 501. (With the assistance of Berchtold Weber, Othmar Birkner, Werner Stutz) ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin: INSA, Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture, 1850–1920, Bern , p. 506 (with the assistance of Berchtold Weber, Othmar Birkner, Werner Stutz) ( digitized version )
  7. ^ Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin: INSA, Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture, 1850–1920, Bern. P. 517. (With the assistance of Berchtold Weber, Othmar Birkner, Werner Stutz) ( digitized version )
  8. ^ Andreas Hauser, Peter Röllin: INSA, Inventory of Newer Swiss Architecture, 1850–1920, Bern. P. 453. (With the assistance of Berchtold Weber, Othmar Birkner, Werner Stutz) ( digitized version )
  9. ↑ University psychiatric services Bern, old clinic, conversion and extension for the forensic psychiatry, conversion for the forensic services
personal data
SURNAME Steiger, Konrad von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steiger, Traugott Franz Konrad von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and master builder from Bern
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1862
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1944