Paul Meyer (architect)
Paul Meyer (born November 6, 1891 in Schaffhausen ; † January 5, 1980 there , entitled to live in Schaffhausen and Wilchingen ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Paul Meyer was born on November 6, 1891 in Schaffhausen as the son of the master builder Gottfried Meyer and Habicht, born Louise Margaretha. Paul Meyer initially took up a degree in architecture at the ETH Zurich , which he continued at the University of Stuttgart , where he obtained his diploma in 1917 .
As a result, he initially worked in his father's construction business as well as in various architectural offices in Lucerne, Wattwil and St. Gallen . In 1925, Paul Meyer and Karl Scherrer founded the architecture firm Scherrer & Meyer in Schaffhausen, which existed until 1956. During this collaboration, a number of remarkable buildings were created.
Paul Meyer, who married Ida born in 1919, died on January 5, 1980, two months after he had turned 88 in Schaffhausen.
Works (selection)
- 1928: The Attenhauser single-family home with the first flat roof in the canton of Schaffhausen
- 1930: Row houses in the model estate Woba in Basel and in Schaffhausen
- 1930-33: The Emmersberg gym
- 1931-32: The Children's Hospital on the Ungarbühl
- 1948: The Buchsbaum cinema
literature
- Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland 19./20. Century, edited by Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber, 1998, p. 481
Web links
- Dagmar Böcker: Meyer, Paul. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1980 |
| Place of death | Schaffhausen |