Wilhelm Lierhaus
Wilhelm Lierhaus (born March 22, 1909 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † April 21, 1986 in Hohwacht ; full name: Gerhard Heinrich Wilhelm Lierhaus ) was a German architect who designed numerous industrial buildings , some of which are now listed, in the style of post-war modernism for companies in the today's ThyssenKrupp AG became known. One of the buildings designed by Wilhelm Lierhaus is the main switchgear building, built in 1960 in the former Meiderich ironworks, which today houses the administration, visitor center and restaurant in the Duisburg-Nord landscape park .
Professional background
Wilhelm Lierhaus first learned the trade of mechanical engineering in Duisburg and then studied architecture and statics, including in Regensburg. He gained his first and trend-setting professional experience in the engineering office Hermann Alexander Brassert in Berlin. This was commissioned by the National Socialists in 1937 with the construction of a new iron and steel works in Salzgitter-Watenstedt within the Hermann-Göring-Werke . As a soldier, Wilhelm Lierhaus was taken prisoner by the Americans and after the end of the war he established an architecture and engineering office in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He belonged to the Association of Consulting Engineers .
buildings
- 1952: Switching house West of the Meidericher Hütte (1998/1999 conversion to a metal training workshop)
- 1952–1953: Switching house east of the Meidericher Hütte (extension to the chimney of blast furnace 1)
- 1960: Main switch house of the Meidericher Hütte (2001/2002 conversion to a visitor center)
Web links
- Rhenish industrial culture / objects
- Company history of the stock corporation for iron and steel works
- Of the benefit of changing use. New shops in old walls.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lierhaus, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lierhaus, Gerhard Heinrich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1986 |
| Place of death | Hohwacht |