Walter Wurzbach
Walter Würzbach (born August 25, 1885 in Berlin ; † 1971 there ) was a German architect .
In the early 1920s, Würzbach caused a sensation with some exemplary interiors of Expressionism in Berlin. All of these works have been destroyed, but some have been handed down on photo plates that were rediscovered in the Photo Archive Photo Marburg in 2016 .
Life
In 1917/18 Würzbach was invited by Wolfgang Gurlitt, together with the artists Max Pechstein , César Klein and Rudolf Belling , to redesign some of the rooms in the Fritz Gurlitt court art dealership in Potsdamer Strasse , and from 1919 onwards, also to redesign some of the rooms in the adjoining private apartment. This created eccentric equipment and decorations of a high level of craftsmanship.
Walter Würzbach was temporarily employed by Bruno Paul , Walter Gropius and Peter Behrens . From 1947 to 1950 he taught architecture at the Weissensee School of Art , but was then replaced by Selman Selmanagic . In 1951 he suggested to the director of the Berlin University of the Arts , Karl Hofer , that a research and development institute for industrial products and their design issues should be set up.
Würzbach was a member of the Association of German Architects .
buildings
- 1918: Interior of the Wolfgang Gurlitt house in Berlin-Schöneberg , Potsdamer Straße 113
- 1920: Dance Casino and wine restaurant Scala in Berlin-Schöneberg, Martin Luther 14-18 (with the sculptor Rudolf Belling and the painter Hans Brass )
- 1920: Malik publishing house bookshop
- 1921: Furnishing of the studio of the photographer Frieda Riess on Kurfürstendamm
- 1928: Dr. Ascher in Lankwitz , Corneliusstrasse 3
- 1927: Dr. Valentiner in Lankwitz
- 1929: Gottfried Heinersdorff house in Lichterfelde
- 1930–1932: Extension for the trade union building in Berlin-Mitte , Wallstrasse 61–63
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sonja Feßel: Photography between the art market and science . In: Rundbrief Fotografie Issue 23/2016
- ↑ Weissensee School of Art
- ^ EM Hajos, Leopold Zahn: Berlin architecture of the post-war period. Albertus, Berlin 1928
- ↑ Wasmuth's monthly magazine for architecture . Issue 7–8 / 1921 ( digitized version ( memento of the original from January 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Fig. In: Elisabath M. Hajos / Leopold Zahn: Berliner Architektur der Nachkriegszeit, Berlin: Albertus 1928, p. 43, p. 128.
- ↑ Fig. In: Elisabath M. Hajos / Leopold Zahn: Berliner Architektur der Nachkriegszeit, Berlin: Albertus 1928, p. 44, p. 128.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wurzbach, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1971 |
| Place of death | Berlin |