Paul Darius

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Paul Darius (born January 24, 1893 in Aachen , † January 28, 1962 in Stuttgart ) was a German architect and university professor , who was best known for the planning and construction of cinemas and theaters .

Life

His employees included u. a. in the 1930s Carl Bimboes . The architect Karl Braun and - as local site manager - the architect Paul Gais were involved in the planning and construction of the Schramberg cinema in 1928.

From 1942 to 1944 Darius was a professor at the State University for Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar .

buildings

House Am Bismarck Tower 6 (1922)
Lichtspielhaus Schramberg (painting by Franz Hützschke, around 1930)
  • Kickley house near Nideggen for Otto Hoesch
  • 1922: House in Stuttgart, Am Bismarck Tower 6
  • 1927: Capitol cinema for Eugen Reich-Rohmány in Heidelberg, Bergheimer Strasse 59
  • 1928: Lichtspieltheater Capitol for Georg Müller in Mannheim, Waldhofstrasse 2 (under monument protection )
  • 1928: Lichtspielhaus Schramberg for the Lichtspielbetriebs-Gesellschaft mbH Laupheim (represented by Max Friedland) in Schramberg, Oberndorfer Straße 47
  • before 1937: Dr. Schopf with a sculptor's studio in Vaihingen
  • 1938: Castle-like neo -baroque villa with landscaped garden (called Jägerhof ) for the manufacturer Albert Boehringer in Ingelheim am Rhein , Belzerstraße 9 (listed)
  • before 1941: House on the Swabian Alb
  • before 1941: House in Württemberg
  • before 1954: own in house in Stuttgart

Fonts

  • Three country houses by Paul Darius, Stuttgart. Country estate and outskirts house. In: Modern designs , born in 1940.
(Apparently also as a special edition (with 36 pages?) under the title single-family houses. Architect Paul Darius, Stuttgart. )

literature

  • Katrin Grünewald: The cinema buildings by Paul Darius. A study of the architecture of the 1920s from an urban and typological perspective. Stuttgart 1993. (also Master's thesis, University of Stuttgart, 1993.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dates of life after: Paul Darius. In: arch INFORM .
  2. ^ Festschrift for the opening on October 25, 1928 , accessed on November 28, 2012
  3. ↑ Thuringian Main State Archives Weimar, holdings of professorships at the State University for Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar (1941–1945) ( evidence in the online inventory )
  4. ^ Heidelberger Geschichtsverein eV , accessed on November 28, 2012
  5. ↑ Photo series , accessed on November 28, 2012
  6. ↑ Art and the beautiful home . 1937
  7. ↑ Doctor's house with sculptor's studio . In: Deutsche Bauhütte . Issue 24/1938 ( digitized version )
  8. ↑ cf. List of cultural monuments in Ingelheim am Rhein
  9. ↑ Sun house on the Swabian Alb . In: Deutsche Bauhütte . Issue 8/1941 ( digitized version )
  10. ^ A house in Württemberg . In: interior decoration . Issue 2/1941 ( digitized version )
  11. ↑ Art and the beautiful home . 1954
personal data
SURNAME Darius, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1962
Place of death Stuttgart