Willy Hoffmann (architect)
Hermann Willy Hoffmann (born June 15, 1878 in Halle (Saale) , † 1977 in Bad Soden am Taunus ) was a German architect .
Life
From 1897 Hoffmann studied architecture at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg . In 1904 he received the Schinkel Prize for Architecture and was accepted into the Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (AIV) . In 1907 he got a job in the construction department of the Imperial Post Office . In 1911 Hoffmann went to Hanover as a postal construction engineer , in 1912 to Breslau and in 1914 to Berlin. Presumably he volunteered at the outbreak of the First World War . In 1920 Hoffmann was appointed post office building officer, in 1924 he was appointed senior post building officer. In 1934 Willy Hoffmann was retired.
Many of the buildings he designed are now listed .
buildings
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- 1924–1926: Post office W 30 (later post office 30 or 1030) in Berlin-Schöneberg , Geisbergstrasse 7/9
- 1925–1926: Niederschöneweide post office (later post office 119) in Berlin-Niederschöneweide , Fennstrasse 9/11
- 1925–1928: Oberpostdirektion (Berlin) (later Landespostdirektion Berlin ) in Berlin-Charlottenburg , Dernburgstraße (building ceramics by John Martens )
- 1930: Conversion of the counter hall in Post Office Wilmersdorf 1 (later Post Office 31) in Berlin-Wilmersdorf , Uhlandstraße 85
- 1930–1931: Post Office Lichtenrade (later Post Office 49) in Berlin-Lichtenrade , Bahnhofstrasse 5/6
- 1933: "Hochmeister" and "Bleibtreu" agency with post office Halensee 2 (later post office 311) in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Hochmeisterplatz (demolished in 2017)
literature
- Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin (ed.): Post and telecommunications. (= Berlin and its buildings , Part X, Volume B, Part 4.) Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1987.
- Falk Jaeger: Posthorn & Imperial Eagle. The historic post offices in Berlin. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-87584-197-2 .
swell
- Hoffmann buildings in the official Berlin monument database with further information
- Museum for Communication Berlin
- Berlin address book
- Archive of the AIV Berlin
- Landesarchiv Berlin , holdings of the Oberpostdirektion
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmann, Herrmann Willy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle on the Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1977 |
| Place of death | Bad Soden am Taunus |