Rudolf Eisler (architect)

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Rudolf Eisler (born May 8, 1881 in Vienna , † May 5, 1977 ibid) was an Austrian architect, primarily of the late classicist reform style .

Life

Rudolf Eisler was born as the son of the innkeeper Karl Eisler. In 1899 he completed his training at the foremen's school of the Vienna State Trade School. In 1906 he completed a degree in architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with architect Friedrich Ohmann . In the same year he began his service in the structural engineering studio of the Ministry of the Interior. In 1906 he married Anna Katharina Pfeifer. He had two children with her: their daughter Theodora in 1908 and their son Felix in 1910. Eisler switched to the Austro-Hungarian Bank (from 1918 Austrian National Bank ) in 1912 and worked there between 1924 and 1926 as a technical inspector. In addition, from 1913 or 1914 he worked as an architect in a shared office with Ferdinand Glaser . In 1926 Rudolf Eisler acquired the license to work as a civil engineer, in 1934 he left the Austrian National Bank and started his own business as an architect. Between 1941 and 1944 he worked for the municipality of Vienna in the field of urban planning and reconstruction. On May 5, 1977 - three days before his 96th birthday - he was the victim of a robbery in Vienna. He was killed by a burglar in his villa on Grinzinger Steig 5. Eisler was buried in the Grinzing cemetery .

Activity as an architect

Austrian National Bank in Bregenz

During his time at the structural engineering studio of the Ministry of the Interior, Eisler was responsible for the construction of the district court building in Znojmo and the construction of the district court in Schärding . Together with Rudolf Sowa, he took part in architecture competitions before 1914. After taking up his position at the Austro-Hungarian bank, Eisler designed numerous bank buildings in the Danube Monarchy. He mostly worked with Ferdinand Glaser. After 1918 he planned three of the branches of the Austrian National Bank and was responsible for the design and interior fittings of the headquarters in Vienna. He planned a residential complex for employees of the National Bank. After leaving the National Bank, Eisler designed several residential complexes for the Vienna community as well as the Evangelical Paul Gerhardt Church in the 3rd district of Vienna.

Works

Kaiser Franz Josef Jubilee School in Vienna-Liesing
  • 1908: Kaiser Franz Josef Jubilee School in Vienna- Liesing , Pülslgasse 28
  • 1913: Branch of the Austro-Hungarian Bank in Jägerndorf
  • 1914–1918: Branch of the Austro-Hungarian Bank in Opava
  • 1918–1925: Austrian National Bank , (redesign or interior design)
  • 1923: Bernhard Altmann woolen factory, Vienna- Margareten , Siebenbrunnengasse 19–21 (with Ferdinand Glaser)
  • 1925–1930: Austrian National Bank, branches in Bregenz , Eisenstadt and Innsbruck (with Ferdinand Glaser)
  • 1928: Villa Eisler in Prague-Střešovice, Dělostřelecká 654/1 (owned by Václav Havel in the 1990s )
  • 1937: Residential and commercial building in Prague Old Town, Havelská 496/29
  • 1930–1931: Housing complex for employees of the Austrian National Bank, Vienna- Währing , Hockegasse 55–57 (with Ferdinand Glaser)
  • 1934: Villa in Vienna-Döbling, Grinzinger Steig 5 (Rudolf Eisler's house). The villa has been available for sale for a few months and can be purchased.
  • 1944: Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus , Walkürengasse 8-10
  • 1947–1948: Evangelical Paul Gerhardt Church , Vienna- Landstrasse , Schützengasse 13 (with H. Itzinger)
  • 1950–1951: Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna in Wien- Landstrasse , Kleingasse 6–18 (with Josef Baudy)
  • 1952–1953: Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna in Vienna- Döbling ( Julius-Deutsch-Hof ), Grinzinger Allee 54 (with Carl Wilhelm Schmidt )
  • 1961–1962: Housing complex of the municipality of Vienna in Vienna-Währing, Pötzleinsdorferstraße 100

literature

  • Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 2. Kremayr & Scheriau , Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 .
  • Lukeš, Zdeněk: Settling the debt: German-speaking architects in Prague 1900–1938 (Splátka dluhu: Praha a její německy hovořící architekti 1900–1938). Praha: Fraktály Publishers, 2002, 217 pp. ISBN 80-86627-04-7 . Chapter Rudolf Eisler, pp. 36–37

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Eisler (Architect)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elisabeth Olivares Díaz: Adaptation of the printing house to the representative headquarters of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. Architecture and interior design in Vienna between the wars, 1923-1925 . Ed .: University of Vienna / Diploma thesis / A315 art history. Vienna 2012, p. 175 .
  2. ↑ Exclusive villa in a prime location in Grinzing / Object no. Eh653. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Eisler, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 5th 1977
Place of death Vienna