Otto drug

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Otto Droge (born September 7, 1885 in Guben ; † February 25, 1970 in Leipzig ) was a German architect .

Life

Droge studied at the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Technical University of Hanover , but finished his training without a regular degree. He had been based in Leipzig since 1912 at the latest, and worked there as a freelance architect from 1919 to 1951. Some public buildings of Droges from the 1920s have been preserved or restored / reconstructed.

Work (incomplete)

  • 1919–1920: Concentra-Haus (originally the Concentra exhibition center, a sales company of the Nuremberg Bing-Werke founded in 1917 ) in Leipzig, Petersstrasse 26 / corner of Sporergäßchen
  • 1923–1925: Administration building for the Leipzig General Local Health Insurance Fund , Willmar-Schwabe-Strasse 2-4
  • 1924: Entrance zone of the underground exhibition center on the market in Leipzig (made of Rochlitzer porphyry )
  • published 1926: Draft for a factory for Anton Jacob (location unknown)
  • published 1926: draft "Jagdschloss K. for Mr. Hofrat W."
  • published 1926: urban planning competition design for the development of Bismarckplatz in Innsbruck (award-winning)
  • 1928–1929: Book printing school in Leipzig, Gutenbergplatz 8 (today " Gutenberg School ", vocational school center of the city of Leipzig)
  • 1932: Two-family house for the manufacturer Ernst Graichen in Leipzig, Kantstrasse 3
  • 1938: Conversions for Köllmann-Werke AG in Leipzig-Sellerhausen, Torgauer Straße 80

  • Concentrahaus

  • Administration building for the AOK

  • Entrance zone to the former underground exhibition center

  • Gutenberg School

  • Ernst Graichen house

literature

  • Kramer (Red.): Of Saxony's building trade and technical economy. Dresden 1926, pp. 359–363 (Otto Droge's business advertisement with images of various buildings and designs).
  • Peter Leonhardt: Modernism in Leipzig. Architecture and urban development 1918 to 1933. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-936508-29-1 .

Web links

Commons : Otto Droge  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Web presence of the Gutenberg School , accessed on August 15, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Drug, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1970
Place of death Leipzig