Rudolf Pfister (architect)

Rudolf Pfister (born April 2, 1886 in Freising , † 1970 in Munich ) was a German publicist , construction clerk and architect .

Life

Pfister was born the son of a civil engineer and designer of mills and water machines. His family comes from the middle classes of Schaffhausen , where they can be traced back to the beginning of the 16th century.

He studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and art history at the University of Würzburg .

At his father's request, after various study trips abroad, he chose the career of construction officer , but at the same time occupied himself continuously with studies in the fields of architectural theory and architectural history , as well as monument preservation and homeland security . During the time he was working at the railway directorate and the Munich agricultural office, a fundamental work on the Würzburg residence was created .

Later he worked in the administration of the former crown property, which included a lot of work in the field of monument preservation. Between 1925 and 1931 he was the editor of the architecture magazine Baukunst published by Bernhard Borst .

After they were hired, he devoted himself as an architecture advisor to the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments to his profession as a monument conservator, which was marked by dual training as an architect and art historian. An appointment to the Supreme Building Authority as a consultant for cultural buildings led Pfister back to the job of building official, which he finally gave up in 1944 in favor of journalism.

Shortly after the Second World War , he took over the editing of the architecture magazine Der Baumeister , for which he continued to write articles, in particular obituaries and anniversary laudations, even after his retirement in 1959. Between 1932 and 1965 he published the illustrated books 150 Eigenheime , which appeared in numerous editions . He was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts .

buildings

Old town police station

• 1923–1925: Police Inspection 11 Old Town in Munich, Hochbrückenstrasse 7

Fonts

• The Würzburg house in the 16th century. With a treatise on the so-called Julius style. Dissertation. Winters, Heidelberg 1915.
• with Richard Sedlmaier : The Prince-Bishop's Residence in Würzburg. Georg Müller, Munich 1928.
• 150 homes. Bruckmann, 1932–1962.
• Buildings of Schultze-Naumburg. Duncker, Weimar, 1940.
• The cemetery Bible. Callwey, 1952.
• Between house and garden. Callwey, 1958.
• Theodor Fischer - Life and Work of a German Master Builder. Callwey, 1968.

literature

• Hermann Rinn: The employees of the 'builder'. In: The builder. Issue 6/1946.

Web links

• The estate of Rudolf Pfister in the Bavarian State Library