Theodor Mayer (architect)

Theodor Heinrich Mayer (born January 3, 1874 in Vienna ; † November 29, 1956 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Theodor Mayer attended the State Trade School in Vienna, which he graduated in 1894. Nothing is known about his further training and first activity. From 1906 he worked in an office community with Hans Mayr , whom he knew from school. In some cases, Mayer also acted as the client. With the death of his partner in 1918, Theodor Mayer ended his work as an architect.

Mayer was a Jew, but left the Israelite Community in 1907 and became a Protestant. He married Olga Sarg, with whom he had two sons. In 1939, after Austria was " annexed " to the National Socialist German Reich, Mayer emigrated to London and subsequently lived in Oxford . In 1951 he returned to Vienna.

plant

It is difficult to judge the independent performance of Theodor Mayer, as only one house was built by himself. Together with Hans Mayr, he built mainly residential buildings and villas in the secessionist style and, as a successor to Otto Wagner, in a moderately modern design language.

photo		Construction year	Surname	Location	description
		1905	Residential building	Kupelwiesergasse 34, Vienna 13 location	The only building without Hans Mayr
		1906	Residential building	Hietzinger Hauptstraße 126, Vienna 13 location
		1909	Duplex	Stoesslgasse 3–5, Vienna 13 location
		1912	Residential building	Münichreiterstraße 31, Vienna 13 location
		1912	Allina Business School	Ballgasse 2, Vienna 1 location
		1912	Living u. Commercial building for the Austrian Stage association	Dorotheergasse 6–8, Vienna 1 location
		1913-1914	Small apartment house	Inzersdorferstrasse 115–117 / Zur Spinnerin 21–23 / Braunspergengasse 8–10, Vienna 10 location	Building owner award competition for excellent buildings in the municipality of Vienna
		1915	Residential houses	Speisingerstraße 107, Vienna 13 location	formerly the staff houses of the deaf-mute institute - now the Speising Orthopedic Hospital
		1915	Residential houses	Speisingerstraße 111, Vienna 13 location	formerly the staff houses of the deaf-mute institute - now the Speising Orthopedic Hospital
		around 1908	"Kamp-Hu" tea room	Seilergasse, Vienna 1st	destroyed

literature

• Helmut Weihsmann: Built in Vienna. Lexicon of 20th Century Viennese Architects . Promedia, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85371-234-7 , p. 249

Web links

Commons : Theodor Mayer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Theodor Mayer (architect). In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.