Michael Rachlis

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Michael Rachlis (* 1884 in Moscow , † 1953 in London ) was a German architect , interior designer and set designer .

Life

Michael Rachlis, who came from a Jewish family, studied at the Technical University of Munich from 1905 to 1911 . He worked in Berlin since 1913, where he initially designed stage sets. Later some country houses, as well as interior fittings, etc. a. in cooperation with the Hungarian architect Ferenc Domány .

In 1922/23, Hans Nitzschke found work as an architect in Rachli's studio .

Rachlis had a contract with the Deutsche Werkstätten since 1928 and designed room furnishings for them. In 1935 he fled to London and worked there as an architect until his death. In particular, some of the Art Deco business premises have survived.

Buildings and drafts (incomplete)

Golf course on the roof of the Eden Hotel
Villa Zissu on Hundekehlesee in the villa colony of Grunewald: Originally a prestigious residential building, after 1945 quarters for the British occupying forces and residence of the Dutch consulate general , then a multi-party house and now a family home again.
Lückhoffstraße 34, a single-storey, angular, red brick building with a narrow gable and hipped roof in the style of New Building .
  • 1917: Set design for the play Der König (Director: Victor Barnowsky )
  • 1919: Set design for the comedy Fink und Fliederbusch (Director: Victor Barnowsky)
  • before 1923: country house in Bad Saarow
  • before 1923: conversion of a farmhouse near Potsdam
  • 1927–1928: Single-family house for Erich Kaufmann in Berlin- Nikolassee , Lückhoffstrasse 34
  • before 1930: Interior of the Bols-Taverne restaurant in Berlin
  • 1927–1929: Roof garden and bar (interior) of the Eden Hotel in Berlin, Budapester Strasse
  • before 1930: Interior of the Bar Cascade in Berlin
  • 1928–1929: Single-family house for Avram Leib Zissu in Berlin-Grunewald , Gustav-Freytag-Straße 15
  • 1929: with César Klein : chest of drawers for the Villa Zissu. Caucasian walnut with marked woods, 89 × 139 × 56 cm
  • 1930–1931: Headquarters of the Margarine Union in Berlin-Grunewald, Hohenzollerndamm 46 (with Ferenc Domány)
  • 1935: Interior of the Compagnia Italiana Turismo office in London, Regent Street
  • 1938: Interior of the Italian Club in London, Charing Cross Road
  • 1939: Interior of the headquarters of Aluminum Union Limited in London
  • 1939: Interior of the Italian Tourist Office in London, Piccadilly
  • before 1952: Participation in the interior design of the luxury passenger ship Andrea Doria

Web links

Fonts

  • Tasks of our time. Work by architect Dipl.-Ing. Michael Rachlis . In: Innen-Decoration , vol. 41, 1930, pp. 304-315 ( digitized version ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Heidede Becker: Villa Zissu - a house of modernity in Grunewald: building history, changes in use, life paths . filum rubrum publishing house, Nauen 2015, ISBN 978-3-940678-03-4 .
  2. ^ Ágnes Nováky: Domány, Ferenc . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 28, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22768-X . (Article online: Ferenc Domány. In: arch INFORM .)
  3. ^ Hugo Thielen : Nitzschke, Hans. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 271 and others
  4. ↑ a b Arne Sildatke: Decorative Modernism: The Art Deco in the spatial art of the Weimar Republic . LIT Verlag Münster, 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-12293-3 ( google.de [accessed on November 11, 2019]).
  5. ↑ a b publisher information. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Architecture and Form of Living. Koch, Darmstadt 1923.
  7. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
  8. ↑ Reinhard Mehring: On the dangerous road of public law. Correspondence between Carl Schmitt and Rudolf Smend 1921–1961. With complementary materials. Duncker & Humblot, 2012, ISBN 978-3-428-53753-2 ( google.de [accessed November 11, 2019]).
  9. ↑ a b c d Modern cafes, restaurants and entertainment venues. Exterior and interior design. Pollak, Berlin-Charlottenburg 1930.
  10. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
  11. ↑ Max Osborn: A country house by Michael Rachlis. House Gen.-Dir. Zissu in Berlin-Grunewald . In: Innen-Decoration , vol. 41, 1930, pp. 138–151 ( digitized version ).
  12. ^ Villa Grisebach : Michael Rachlis and César Klein, 1953 1884 - 1876 1954 . Berlin November 27th to 30th, 2013
  13. ↑ Compagnia Italiana Turismo (CIT) Limited offices, Regent Street, London: the entrance area | RIBA. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  14. ^ Compagnia Italiana Turismo (CIT) Limited offices, Regent Street, London: the main entrance | RIBA. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  15. ↑ a b [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ribapix.org  
  16. ^ Aluminum Union Limited, Adelphi offices, London: the corridor through the executive offices | RIBA. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  17. ^ Aluminum Union Limited, Adelphi offices, London: view of the reception area | RIBA. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
  18. ^ Aluminum Union Limited, Adelphi offices, London: the reception area | RIBA. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Rachlis, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH 1953
Place of death London