Villa Waldbühl
The Villa Waldbühl or the Landhaus Waldbühl is a country house in Uzwil , Switzerland, built by the English architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement .
The villa, together with the ensemble, consisting of the villa, the park and the interior, forms one of the most important objects in Baillie Scott's list of works, especially with regard to the fully preserved furnishings. It is the only one of his kind in Switzerland. It is in an exceptionally good original condition.
Theodor Bühler from the Bühler industrial family in Uzwil knew Baillie Scott from his time in London , where he was doing his training, and the country house was built on his behalf from 1909 (according to the building application) to 1911. The architects Pflegehard and Haefeli , who had built the Landhaus Sonnenhügel a few years earlier for Adolf Bühler , Theodor's oldest brother , sketched a preliminary study for a residential complex called the Holzbüel in 1907 , but this was not further developed.
The interior decoration in Art Nouveau style (rooms, furniture, equipment up to flacons) was designed by Scott, executed and introduced by English companies. The villa is surrounded by a park consisting of an architectural garden with pergola, stairways, pool and bathhouse. This was also designed by Scott, his original plans were based on a larger garden.
The architect Armin Witmer-Karrer took over the construction management in the somewhat remote country house, in which the Tudor style has been combined with the Swiss-Bünderische forms in the Heimatstil .
The property is registered as Villa Waldbühl as an individual property of national importance in the list of the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national and regional importance .
Web links
- Photo gallery Villa Waldbühl by Lessing Photo
literature
- Katharina Medici-Mall: The Landhaus Waldbühl by MH Baillie Scott: a total work of art between neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau. Bern: Society for Swiss Art History, 1979.
- Meyer, Peter, A large house by MH Baillie Scott in Uzwil, in: 'Das Werk', May 1937, pp. 140–152, doi : 10.5169 / seals-87173
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Neue Zürcher Zeitung: When life becomes art , accessed on March 13, 2019
- ↑ a b Industriekultur Nordostschweiz, issue 56, May 2009: Bühler Uzwil: a technology group (PDF; 369 kB), page 3, accessed on January 10, 2012
- ↑ a b c ibid Altbau AG: Inventory sheet for the single property villa at the Villa Waldbühl , in the inventory of the site, Uzwil district , June 4, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2018
- ↑ a b Lemmenmeier, Max, business elite and social change in the canton of St. Gallen ( memento of the original from March 2, 2016 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. (PDF; 75 kB), accessed on January 10, 2012
- ↑ a b NIKE-Bulletin 3/2005, PDF , page 20, accessed on January 10, 2012
- ^ Daniel A. Walser: Pflegehard & Haefeli. Buildings for the Bühler brothers in Uzwil. An identity for a builder. (PDF; 18.4 MB), pages 27–28, accessed on August 20, 2012
- ↑ ibid Altbau AG: Inventory sheet for the individual property Park at Villa Waldbühl , in the inventory of the site, Uzwil district , June 4, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2018
- ↑ Landhaus Waldbühl in Uzwil . In: You: the magazine of culture . No. 3 , 1980, doi : 10.5169 / seals-295593 .
- ↑ Crettaz-Stürzel, Elisabeth, “Ripaille 1900”: entre résidence féodale et “country house” bourgeoise - Résultats d'une nouvelle étude du château ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.8 MB), p. 106 in the journal of the Schweizer Burgenverein, accessed on January 10, 2012 (French)
