Theodor Wasser

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Theodor Waßer (born May 23, 1875 in Kirchheim am Ries ; † July 23, 1952 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a German architect .

Life

After his first professional positions in Stuttgart, Berlin and Hamburg, Theodor Waßer became head of the design department of the building construction office of the city of Gelsenkirchen in 1907. In 1912 he left the municipal building administration and worked as a freelance architect. He created numerous buildings that shape the cityscape; in the 1920s he was alongside Josef Franke a leading representative of regional brick expressionism .

Theodor Wasser's son Reinhart Waßer (1921–2007) was also an architect.

Buildings and designs (selection)

  • 1914: Residential and commercial building for Ernst Nase, Bahnhofstrasse 46 in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1916–1919: Administration building for Gelsenkirchener Gußstahl- und Eisenwerke AG, Bochumer Strasse 86 in Gelsenkirchen- Ückendorf (today: Labor Court)
  • 1921: Competition design for the Hans Sachs House in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1922: House for the publisher Carl Bertenburg, Zeppelinallee 54
  • 1923–1924: House for R. Schütz, Prinzenhöhe 22 in Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • 1923–1924: House for August Beckbauer, Cranger Strasse 51 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer
  • 1923–1924: Goldblum brothers' office building on Bahnhofstrasse in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1924: own house, Am Stadtwald 1 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer
  • 1924: Börstinghaus residential building, Dürerstraße 33 in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1925: Regulator system for the municipal gas works in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1925: Conversion of the Posch confectionery on Bahnhofstrasse in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1923–1925: Municipal business school, Augustastraße 52–54 in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1926–1927: House for the Buer civil servants' housing association, Erlestrasse 77–81 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer
  • 1926–1927: Residential and commercial building for the building contractor Fritz Friese, Hauptstrasse 80 / Bismarckstrasse 49/51 (am Stern) in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1927: Commercial building on Ringstrasse in Gelsenkirchen (destroyed)
  • 1927: Residential and commercial building for the merchant Willy Borchers, Hohenzollernstrasse / Bulmker Strasse in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1927: House for E. Goldschmidt, Zeppelinallee 58 in Gelsenkirchen
  • 1928: Residential and commercial building for the Egon and Otto Silberberg company, Weberstrasse 21 in Gelsenkirchen
  • Exhibition building of the company F. Küppersbusch & Söhne AG , Handwerkenstrasse in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
  • Bartsch residential and commercial building, Florastraße / Schalker Straße in Gelsenkirchen

literature

  • Reinhart Waßer (ed.): Theodor and Reinhart Waßer. Gelsenkirchen 1975.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.architektur-ruhr.de
  2. ↑ http://www.hsh-ge.de/bau-1arch.htm
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Neue Baukunst , issue 18/1927
  4. ↑ a b c BDA district group Gelsenkirchen (ed.): Gelsenkirchen. Klartext, Essen 1998. (= architecture in the Ruhr area .)
  5. ↑ Erwin Stein (Ed.): Gelsenkirchen. (= Monographs of German Cities , Volume XX.) Berlin 1927.
personal data
SURNAME Water, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchheim am Ries
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1952
Place of death Gelsenkirchen