Ludwig Richter (architect)
Ludwig Richter (born August 15, 1855 in Vienna ; † September 8, 1925 there ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
Ludwig Richter was the son of a building councilor. From 1874 to 1877 he attended the civil engineering school at the Technical University under Heinrich von Ferstel and Karl König in Vienna. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Theophil von Hansen from 1877 to 1879. Richter made study trips to many European countries and also to North America. In 1880 he began to work as a freelance architect. In 1911 he became a Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown III. Class (but without elevation to the nobility), 1913 senior building officer.
meaning
Ludwig Richter built in a rather conservative late historicism . He created representative palaces and residential buildings, as well as sacred buildings outside Vienna. Many of his buildings are free-standing on three sides.
Works
- Residential and commercial building , Liebiggasse 8, Vienna 1 (1881–1882)
- Rental house , Wohllebengasse 10, Vienna 4 (1882)
- Rental house , Gusshausstraße 21, Vienna 4 (1884–1885)
- Palais Vrints zu Falkenstein , Argentinierstraße 14, Vienna 4 (1886)
- House of the kk Society of Doctors in Vienna ( Billrothhaus ) , Frankgasse 8, Vienna 9 (1892–1893)
- Cultivation Sanatorium Löw , Marianne 18-20, Wien 9 (1894)
- Villa , Gustav-Tschermak-Gasse 5–7, Vienna 18 (1894)
- Residential and commercial building , Rotenturmstrasse 11, Vienna 1 (1895)
- Rental house , Pramergasse 6, Vienna 9 (1895)
- Residential and commercial building , Petersplatz 1, Vienna 1 (1896)
- Bank Schoeller & Cie ., Renngasse 3, Vienna 1 (1896–1897)
- House for Heinrich Freiherr von Doblhoff-Dier , Graben 12, Vienna 1 (1897)
- Sanatorium Dr. Rüdinger , Purkersdorf (1897)
- Villa Rüdiger Freiherr von Biegeleben , Tsar Osvoboditel 11, Sofia (1898–1909)
- Residential and commercial building , Mariahilfer Strasse 111, Vienna 6 (1899)
- Sanatorium Dr. Gustav Ritter von Gerstel , Bad Hall (1899)
- Neo-Baroque renovation of the interior of the Sternberg Palace , Ungargasse 43, Vienna 3
- Residential and commercial building for Maximilian Count von Attems-Gilleis , Stallburggasse 4, Vienna 1 (1901)
- Rental house , Rossauer Lände 33, Vienna 9 (1903)
- Rental house , Schulz-Straßnitzky-Gasse 11–15, Vienna 9 (1903–1904)
- Rental house , Schulz-Straßnitzky-Gasse 12, 14, Vienna 9 (1907)
- Reconstruction of the Musikverein building , Dumbastraße 3, Vienna 1 (1911)
- Villa , Langackergasse 7a, Vienna 19 (1912)
- Rental house , Neulinggasse 34–36, Vienna 3 (1912–1913)
- Villa , Zehenthofgasse 11, Vienna 19 (1913)
Ludwig Richter also built the palace of the Austrian embassy in Sofia as well as a hospital and school in Istanbul .
Web links
- Ludwig Richter. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
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| SURNAME | Judge, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect of historicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1925 |
| Place of death | Vienna |