Wilhelm Riphahn

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Wilhelm Riphahn , also Riphan , (born July 25, 1889 in Cologne , † December 27, 1963 there ) was a German architect .

Life

Wilhelm Riphahn was born as the son of the building contractor Gottfried Riphahn and his wife Maria Wilhelmine, a sister of the building contractor Peter Gärtner. He first attended the building trade school in Cologne, then as an intern ( guest student ) at the Technical University of Munich , the Technical University of Dresden and the Technical University of (Berlin-) Charlottenburg - his teachers included Theodor Fischer , Carl Hocheder , Martin Dülfer and Cornelius Gurlitt .

He first worked in the Siemens construction office in Berlin and in 1912 in the office of Gebrüder Taut & Hoffmann ( Bruno Taut , Max Taut and Franz Hoffmann ) in Berlin, he was also part of the time in the office of Otho Orlando Kurz in Munich and for the city planning officer Hans Erlwein in Dresden . From 1913 Wilhelm Riphahn worked as a freelance architect in Cologne. During the First World War and from 1925 to 1931 he worked with the architect Caspar Maria Grod . In 1931, both of them erected the UFA Palace, one of the most spectacular structures of that time in Cologne, in just five months. With a seating capacity of 3,000, it was the largest cinema in West Germany. After 1945 his most important collaborators were the architects Hanns Menne and Benvenuto Bausch . Between 1945 and 1948 he was a consultant for the reconstruction of the city of Cologne. In the 40s and 50s he gave the urban development of Cologne significant impulses by giving the east-west axis (Hahnenstraße between Rudolfplatz and Neumarkt ) a city-compatible dimension and airy architecture and on Offenbachplatz with the construction of the opera , the opera terraces , of the theater and the commercial building opposite created one of the few successful and lavish ensembles of the Cologne reconstruction.

Grave site in the Melaten cemetery

In 1950 Riphahn received an honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E. h.) From the Technical University of Braunschweig and in 1953 the Great Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1955 he was appointed a full member of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin.

His grave is in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne . His daughter Marlene Riphahn (1922-2004) became an actress.

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The multitude and architectural significance of his works made him one of the most important architects of the city of Cologne:

Deutzer Freiheit Entreé, early work.
Dresdner Bank Cologne - Unter Sachsenhausen

Picture gallery

  • “White City” in Cologne-Buchforst, built 1929–1932

  • Cologne Opera House

  • Cologne theater

  • Restaurant Bastei, Cologne, built in 1924

literature

  • Wilhelm Riphahn: Settlement at the north cemetery . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 6, issue 9/10, 1921/22, pp. 286–297.
  • H .: Settlements and other buildings by the architect Wilhelm Riphahn, Cologne , in: Moderne Bauformen, vol. 22, 1923, pp. 1–32 (+ 2 color plates).
  • Wilhelm Riphahn . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 9, issue 4, 1925, pp. 127-139
  • Wilhelm Riphahn: Proposal for a provisional development of the bridgehead on the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 10, issue 8, 1926, p. 317 f.
  • Settlement buildings by Wilhelm Riphahn, Cologne . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 11, issue 1, 1927, pp. 24-26
  • Wilhelm Riphahn: New work by Wilhelm Riphahn, Cologne . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 11, issue 7, 1927, pp. 265–304
  • Richard Braungart : Residential buildings by the architect W. Riphahn in Cologne . In: Decorative Art. Illustrated magazine for applied arts , vol. 32, vol. 37, 1928/29, pp. 33–36 ( digitized version )
  • Kölnische Zeitung pavilion . In: Wasmuths monthly books for architecture and urban development 13, issue 1, 1929, p. 30 f.
  • Heinrich de Fries (inlet): Wilhelm Riphahn. Neue Werkkunst series , Friedrich Ernst Hübsch Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna 1927 (reprint with an afterword by Wolfram Hagspiel: Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7861-1813-2 )
  • Wolfram Hagspiel : The Cologne architect Wilhelm Riphahn. His life's work from 1913 to 1945. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-88375-017-4 . (also dissertation, University of Cologne , 1981)
  • Werner Mantz . Architectural photography in Cologne 1926–1932. Exhibition catalog, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne 1982.
  • Clemens Klemmer: The Cologne architect Wilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963). In: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen , 76th / 43rd year 1989, issue 3, pp. 72 and 74 (with references).
  • Britta Funck (arrangement): Wilhelm Riphahn, architect in Cologne. An inventory. (Catalog for the exhibition Wilhelm Riphahn - Architect in Cologne at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Cologne from September 18, 2004 to February 2, 2005), Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2004 (2nd edition 2012), ISBN 978-3-88375 -881-7

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Riphahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hiltrud Kier: Reclams City Guide, Architecture and Art, Stuttgart 2008, pp. 188f
  2. ^ Kulturpfade Köln Volume 5, 1st edition, JB Bachen Verlag, Cologne 2012, p. 32.
  3. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from December 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Hiltrud Kier : Reclam's city guide. Architecture and art. Cologne . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-15-018564-3 , p. 228 .
  5. ↑ Stefanie Lieb , Petra Sophia Zimmermann : The dynamics of the 50s . Architecture and urban development in Cologne. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-295-6 , p. 72 .
  6. ^ Peter Fuchs: Josef Haubrich. Collectors and donors of modern art. News Office of the City of Cologne, 1979, p. 51
  7. ^ Wolfram Hagspiel , Hiltrud Kier : Cologne. Architecture of the 50s . In: City of Cologne (Hrsg.): Stadtspuren - Monuments in Cologne . tape 6 . JP Bachem , Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7616-0858-6 , p. 241 (With historical photos and new photos by Dorothea Heiermann).
  8. ↑ Stefanie Lieb , Petra Sophia Zimmermann : The dynamics of the 50s . Architecture and urban development in Cologne. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-295-6 , p. 104-107 .
personal data
SURNAME Riphahn, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riphan, Wilhelm (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1963
Place of death Cologne