Paula Maria Canthal

Paula Maria Canthal (born February 4, 1907 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 11, 1987 in Wasserburg am Inn ) was a German architect and artist.

Life

Paula Maria Canthal, who also called herself Paul Maria Canthal, began studying painting, sculpture and architecture at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main after completing secondary school , which she continued from 1924 at the Berlin School of Applied Arts . She gained her first practical experience in the office of the architect Alfred Gellhorn . In 1927 she married her fellow student Dirk Gascard-Diephold and founded an architectural community with him in Berlin . Up until 1932, the architect couple took part in many competitions for various construction projects. They received prizes and awards for almost all competition entries, all of which were presented in the press, some internationally. However, they did not receive orders to carry out these designs. Only three interim buildings were erected in exhibitions. In Nazism her career stopped. In 1936 the couple divorced. Paula Maria Canthal wrote screenplays and was listed under changing names in the Reich Chamber of Culture in 1942 as a writer and in 1943 as an actress . Bombed out in Berlin, she fled to the Black Forest in 1944 , worked in an architecture office in Switzerland after the Second World War , fell ill, then devoted herself to painting and lived in various places in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria .

Competition designs

• 1927: Redesign of the facades at Behrenstrasse 50-57 in Berlin-Mitte (one of six equal prices)
• 1927: Housing arbor for the Berlin exhibition "The Weekend" (1st prize)
• 1927: Spa and drinking facility in Bad Neuenahr (honorable mention)
• 1928: Development plan for the "German Building Exhibition 1930" (Honorable Mention)
• 1928: Nursing home of the "Budge Foundation" in Frankfurt am Main (purchase)
• 1929: Street and square design at Alexanderplatz in Berlin (3rd prize)
• 1929: Factory and administration building of the telephone and telegraph fanatic H. Fuld & Co. in Frankfurt am Main (purchase)
• 1930: “Eigenhaus-Competition” of the trade journal Bauwelt (1st prize in group 1, praiseworthy recognition in group 3)
• 1931/1932: "The growing house" for the Berlin summer show "Sun, air and house for everyone" (2nd prize)
• 1932: "Houses at fixed prices" for the Berlin "Bauwelt-Musterschau"

literature

• Kerstin Dörhöfer : pioneers in architecture. A building history of the modern age. Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-8030-0639-2 .