Wilhelm Mohr (architect)

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Wilhelm Mohr (born December 4, 1882 in Düsseldorf-Heerdt ; † February 16, 1948 in Düsseldorf ) was a German architect and interior designer .

Professional background

After completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter from 1906 to 1909, Wilhelm Mohr attended the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts . After graduating under Wilhelm Kreis in 1909, he worked in the office community Banse, Bethan and Mohr from 1912.

From 1918 Mohr also worked as an interior designer for the Uerdingen wagon factory, among other things for the interior fittings of the trams. In 1924/1925 he joined the Schmalhorst and Mohr office community with the architect Leopold Schmalhorst and worked in residential construction until 1933.

Buildings and designs

Schmalhorst and Mohr architecture firm

Henriettenstrasse 2–14, Burghofstrasse 60 b, 62 in Düsseldorf-Bilk
  • 1926: “House of Youth” at the GeSoLei in Düsseldorf
  • 1927: Henriettenstrasse 2–14, Burghofstrasse 60 b, 62 in Düsseldorf
  • 1927–1928: Burghofstrasse 70, 72, 74, 76 in Düsseldorf
  • 1936: Private house for Hermann Boldt in the Schlageterstadt model housing estate of the Reich Exhibition of the Creative People (today Karl-Kleppe-Straße 10)

Fonts

  • The workers' settlement at the Reich exhibition "Schaffendes Volk" Düsseldorf 1937. In: Der deutsche Heimstättensiedler , 15th year 1937, No. 5, pp. 126-130.

literature

  • Jürgen Wiener (Ed.): The Gesolei and the architecture of the twenties. , JP Bachem, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-7616-1445-4
  • Holger Rescher: Brick architecture of the 1920s in Düsseldorf. Bonn 2001 Dissertation - Online pp. 105-109 ( Memento from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 24, 2014
  • Theodor Hunecke: A model apartment. The practical eat-in kitchen. In: Theodor Hunecke (Ed.): Düsseldorf. Structural development 1918–1928. Düsseldorf 1928, p. 117 and p. 119.
  • Matthias Strucken: German Art Düsseldorf 1928. (Exhibition catalog) Düsseldorf 1928.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the Werkbund to the four-year plan. The Great Imperial Exhibition “Creative People”. Düsseldorf 1937 - Directory of persons ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 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. , accessed February 23, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schaffendesvolk.sellerie.de
  2. ^ Hilmar Czerwinski, Jörg AE Heimeshoff: Aspects of small apartment construction and upper-class living in Düsseldorf. In: Aspects of Düsseldorf Industry 1831–1981. Düsseldorf 1981.
  3. ^ Low- rise building of the "House of Youth" Düsseldorf Gesolei. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 61st year 1927, No. 82 (from October 12, 1927).
  4. ↑ La Cité, Urbanisme, Architecture, Art Public , January 1930 edition ( online , accessed February 24, 2014)
  5. ↑ Entry in the list of monuments of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation, accessed on February 23, 2014
  6. ↑ Entry in the list of monuments of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation, accessed on February 23, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Mohr, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and interior designer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Heerdt
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1948
Place of death Dusseldorf