Leo Schmoll

Leo Schmoll (born April 24, 1904 in Texing ; † January 13, 1957 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect and builder.

Life

Leo Schmoll was the son of a builder. He attended secondary school in Waidhofen an der Ybbs and then the higher technical trade school in Mödling from 1922 to 1926. After a few years of internship, he passed the master builder examination in 1928 and was employed in the building construction department of the Lower Austrian provincial government. As early as 1930 he gave up this position and studied from 1930 to 1934 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Peter Behrens . From around 1933 Schmoll entered into an office partnership with the architect Robert Kramreiter , who emigrated in 1938. From 1939 to 1946 Schmoll was again employed by the Lower Austrian provincial government. After the war, he had to work privately and was an architect at Semperit AG in Wimpassing from 1948 to 1950. He then returned to the state government.

meaning

Leo Schmoll was a civil servant architect for most of his life, which means that many of the works created during this period cannot be grasped. Together with Robert Kramreiter, the two built several churches, whereby one can assume that the drafts and the overall conceptions will come from Kramreiter, whereas Schmoll seems to have received details in the design and the practical implementation. When exactly the collaboration ended cannot be determined with any certainty. After that, Schmoll built public buildings such as schools and kindergartens.

Works

Parish church Maria Königin des Friedens (1933–1935) by Robert Kramreiter and Leo Schmoll

• Christ the King's Church , Kledering (1933) with Robert Kramreiter
• Parish Church of the Wonderful Mother of God , Buchengasse 108, Vienna 10 (1933–1935) with Robert Kramreiter
• Parish church Maria Königin des Friedens , Quellenstrasse 197, Vienna 10 (1934) with Robert Kramreiter
• Dollfuss Memorial Church , Hohe Wand (1934) with Robert Kramreiter
• Catholic parish church Floridsdorf , Pius-Parsch-Platz 3, Vienna 21 (1936–1938) with Robert Kramreiter
• Penitentiary , Kaunas (around 1942)
• Stud , Haidhof (1948)
• Residential house , Leopoldauer Strasse 1–3, Vienna 21 (1950)
• various residential buildings in Gloggnitz, Kitzbühel and Purbach (around 1950)
• Residential building , Gregerstrasse 22, Fischamend (1951)
• School , Lunz am See (around 1955)
• Kindergarten , Guntramsdorf (around 1956)

Web links

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