Ludwig Schmidl

Former machine factory Luzzatto (1906/07) by Ludwig Schmidl

Ludwig Schmidl (born April 23, 1863 in Vienna ; † March 20, 1924 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Ludwig Schmidl came from a wealthy Jewish family. After finishing secondary school, he studied at the Technical University from 1883 to 1885, with Heinrich von Ferstel and Karl König being his teachers. From 1889 he was employed by the Nordwestbahn as an engineer and architect, but also worked as a freelance architect. Between 1896 and 1898, he had a working partnership with Alexander Neumann . In 1905 he became chief engineer of the Northwest Railway. Schmidl died as a wealthy man from the effects of meningitis.

meaning

Ludwig Schmidl's works show a remarkable architectural quality and also show a considerable bandwidth, which ranges from residential buildings to hotels and schools to industrial buildings. Stylistically, he created both late historical buildings, especially villas in the Heimat style , but also residential buildings that approximated the aesthetics of the Wiener Werkstätte . His factory buildings combined aesthetic appearance with functional requirements.

Works

• Villa , Pötzleinsdorfer Strasse 34, Vienna 18 (1896)
• Rental house , Währinger Gürtel 88, Vienna 9 (1896)
• Villa Klien , Starkfriedgasse 10, Vienna 18 (1905)
• Machine factory Luzzatto , Siccardsburggasse 36, Vienna 10 (1906/07)
• Cottage Lyzeum , Gymnasiumstraße 77-79, Vienna 19 (1907)
• Tool factory Blau & Co. , Aspernbrückengasse 5, Vienna 2 (around 1908)
• Evangelical association and residential building , Seegasse 16–16a, Vienna 9 (1909)
• Rental house , Baumannstrasse 6, Vienna 3 (1909)
• Residential house , Colloredogasse / Dittesgasse, Vienna 18 (1910)
• Double villa , Auhofstraße 19–21, Vienna 13 (1913)

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Schmidl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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