Egon Eiermann (29 September 1904 – 19 July 1970[1]) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a furniture designer. From 1947, he was Professor for architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.
Biographyedit
Eiermann was born in Neuendorf bei Potsdam [de] (now part of Babelsberg, Potsdam), the son of Wilhelm Eiermann (1874–1948), a locomotive engineer and his wife Emma Gellhorn (1875–1959).[2][3] He archived his Abitur at the Althoff-Gymnasium[3] and studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin.[1] From 1925 to 1928, he was master student of Hans Poelzig.[4] After graduating in 1928, he gained professional experience in the construction departments of Karstadt AG in Hamburg and the Berlin electricity works (Bewag (Berlin) [de]).[3] From 1931 to 1945, he was an independent architect in Berlin and initially planned residential buildings.[2][5] Before World War II he had an office with fellow architect Fritz Jaenecke [de]. During the Nazi era, he mainly created industrial architecture.[6] In 1945, he escaped to Buchen in West Germany, the birthplace of the father.[7] From 1946 to 1965, he had a shared office with Robert Hilgers.[2] In 1948, the office was relocated to Karlsruhe.[3] He joined the faculty of the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe in 1947,[4][8] working there on developing steel frame construction methods. Students were Oswald Mathias Ungers and Julia Bolles-Wilson [de].[9][10][11] During a study trip to the United States in 1950, he met Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Konrad Wachsmann in Boston, and in 1956 also Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[2] In 1967, Eiermann chaired the jury in the architectural competition for the Olympic Park in Munich.[a][13]
Personal lifeedit
In 1940, he married in Berlin interior designer Charlotte, née Friedheim (1912–2001) and in 1954 in Berlin architect Brigitte, née Feyerabendt (1924–2019). He had two children: with his first wife Andreas (born 1942), from his second marriage Anna (born 1956).[3]
During the years of reconstruction, his steel-frame industrial buildings became exemplary.[5] The buildings are transparent, inviting, democratic, making order visible.[15]
From 1949, the first functional and serially produced seating furniture made of wood and tubular steel was created in cooperation with the Esslingen company Wilde + Spieth [de].[36]
In 1997, the Egon Eiermann Society was founded in Karlsruhe.[38] In 2004, the Bundespost honored Eiermann with a special postage stamp.[3] In Karlsruhe, Egon-Eiermann-Allee (49°02′12″N8°20′56″E / 49.03677°N 8.34895°E / 49.03677; 8.34895) was named after him in 2009.[14] One of the lecture halls in the architectural building (49°00′40″N8°24′40″E / 49.01115°N 8.41107°E / 49.01115; 8.41107) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology bears his name.[39] The Egon Eiermann Award [de] is an international ideas competition in architecture.[40]
1969 Founding member of the Housing and Environment Institute of the Hessian state government
Notesedit
^Behnisch and Partners & Frei Otto won the competition with a characteristic tent roof.[12]
^A pavilion group consisting of eight elegant, transparent glass cubes was created.[5]
Referencesedit
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^ abJouini, Saoussen (12 June 2021). "Architektur – Fakultät – Über uns – Geschichte". KIT (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ abc"Eiermann, Egon". Architekturguide Krefeld (in German). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ abc"Vor 50 Jahren starb der Architekt und Designer Egon Eiermann". domradio.de (in German). 19 July 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ ab"Persönlichkeiten". Stadt Buchen (Odenwald) (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ abc"Egon Eiermann". Biografie WHO'S WHO (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Liebe zur Geometrie". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 4 October 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Ausstellung Januar 2018". UAA (in German). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Portrait: Julia Bolles-Wilson und Peter Wilson, Team und Paar". FAZ.NET (in German). 26 April 2001. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"AD Classics: Olympiastadion (Munich Olympic Stadium) / Behnisch and Partners & Frei Otto". ArchDaily. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^Kubitza, Michael (21 February 2018). "Vier Jahrzehnte Olympiapark: Mona Lisas rote Augen". BR.de (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ abc"Egon Eiermann – Stadtlexikon". Stadtlexikon Karlsruhe (in German). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^Biesler, Jörg (14 July 2020). "19.07.1970 – Todestag des Architekten Egon Eiermann". WDR (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Deutsche BauZeitschrift". Deutsche BauZeitschrift (in German). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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^Gerbing, Chris (2013). Leuchtende Wände in Beton : die Matthäuskirche Pforzheim (1951–1953) von Egon Eiermann : ihre Vorbilder, ihre Vorbildfunktion (in German). Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner. ISBN 978-3-7954-2704-7. OCLC 854991909.
^"Die neue Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche". Evangelische Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirchengemeinde Berlin (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^Hoff, Sigrid (15 December 2021). "Vor 60 Jahren wurde der Neubau der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche geweiht". rbb24 (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^Kappel, Kai (2011). Egon Eiermann : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche Berlin, 1961-2011 (in German). Lindenberg im Allgäu: Kunstverlag Josef Fink. ISBN 978-3-89870-677-3. OCLC 761844798.
^Boyken, Immo (2004). Egon Eiermann : German embassy, Washington (in German). Stuttgart: Axel Menges. ISBN 978-3-930698-54-7. OCLC 56616948.
^"Deutsche Botschaft Washington – Kanzlei". BBR (in German). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"German Embassy, Washington". Arup. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^Kabierske, Gerhard (2021). Egon Eiermann : haus eiermann, baden-baden (in German). S.l: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 978-3-932565-87-8. OCLC 1256628297.
^Plate, Ulrike (11 March 2014). "Funktionale Ästhetik am Rhein. Das Verwaltungsgebäude der DEA-Scholven-Raffinerie in Karlsruhe". Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg – Nachrichtenblatt der Landesdenkmalpflege (in German). 29 (4): 261–263. doi:10.11588/nbdpfbw.2000.4.12884. ISSN 0465-7519. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Langer Eugen – Weg der Demokratie". Weg der Demokratie. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^Sack, Manfred (6 October 1972). "Zweimal Hochhaus am Stiel". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Ex-IBM-Zentrale: Verfall - keiner will den Eiermann-Campus". DIE WELT (in German). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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^Pehnt, Wolfgang (2019). Egon Eiermann : Deutsche Olivetti, Frankfurt am Main (in German). Munich: Hirmer Publishers. ISBN 978-3-7774-3312-7. OCLC 1120181909.
^"Karlsruhe: Kulturdenkmal Dea-Scholven-Str. 1". Karlsruhe (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^Castillo, Greg (2012). "Making a Spectacle of Restraint: The Deutschland Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels Exposition". Journal of Contemporary History. 47 (1). SAGE Publications: 97–119. doi:10.1177/0022009411422362. ISSN 0022-0094. S2CID 159768465.
^Boyken, Immo (2007). Egon Eiermann / Sep Ruf : Deutsche Pavillons, Brüssel 1958 (in German). Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 978-3-932565-62-5. OCLC 153580897.
^"Egon Eiermann – Die Kontinuität der Moderne – Art Deco und Design in München". Style Deco (in German). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Das Badische Landesmuseum Karlsruhe zeigt die Möbel des Architekten Egon Eiermann". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 18 October 1999. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Gesellschaft". Egon Eiermann Gesellschaft e. V. (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Fakultät für Architektur". Karlsruhe: Hörsaal Egon Eiermann (in German). 17 November 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^"Egon Eiermann Award 2019". Deutsche BauZeitschrift (in German). 19 November 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Eiermann, Egon". gesichter-des-dka.gnm.de. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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Further readingedit
Eiermann, Egon (1984). Egon Eiermann 1904 – 1970 Bauten u. Projekte (in German). Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 978-3-421-02805-1. OCLC 613275675.
Eiermann, Egon (2004). Egon Eiermann (1904–1970) : die Kontinuität der Moderne, anläßlich der Ausstellung (in German). Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. ISBN 3-7757-1436-7. OCLC 249312450.
Hildebrand, Sonja (1999). Egon Eiermann, die Berliner Zeit : das architektonische Gesamtwerk bis 1945 (in German). Basel: Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3-7643-6690-2. OCLC 633882868.
Kielmeyer, Barbara (1999). Egon Eiermann – die Möbel, Ausstellung im Museum beim Markt, Außenstelle des Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe, 16. September – 14. November 1999 ; Ausstellung des Badischen Landesmuseums Karlsruhe in Verbindung mit dem Südwestdeutschen Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbau an der Universität Karlsruhe (in German). Karlsruhe: INFO-Verl. ISBN 978-3-88190-236-6. OCLC 215049760.
Lampugnani, Vittorio (1983). Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts (in German). Stuttgart: G. Hatje. ISBN 3-7757-0174-5. OCLC 10511350.
"Nachhaltig prägend – Große Eiermann-Ausstellung in Karlsruhe". BauNetz (in German). 14 September 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
"Egon Eiermann (Karlsruhe)". db deutsche bauzeitung (in German). 1 November 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
"Egon Eiermann DIGITAL. Exhibition in Karlsruhe, Germany – ndion". ndion. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Sperling, Thomas (2003), "Eiermann, Egon", Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t025681
Boyken, Immo; Oestmann, Hans J. (1 June 1990). "Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Egon Eiermann: The Dictate of Order". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 49 (2). University of California Press: 133–153. doi:10.2307/990473. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990473.
Curl, James (2015). The Oxford dictionary of architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-175298-8. OCLC 913074935.
Bauer, Anneke (2004). Egon Eiermann, die Wohnhäuser ... aus der Feder der Studenten (in German). Karlsruhe: Inst. für Baugestaltung. ISBN 978-3-9805818-2-0. OCLC 76482179.
Kupke, Susanne (28 September 2004). "Egon Eiermann: Vorzeige-Architekt der jungen Demokratie". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
"Würdiges Gehäuse". Der Spiegel (in German). 1 October 1963. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Hildebrand, Sonja (23 February 2009). "Bedrohtes Hauptwerk der Nachkriegsmoderne". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
"Biography, Architecture, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Stark, Ulrike (1993). Architekten, Egon Eiermann (in German). Stuttgart: IRB Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8167-3361-4. OCLC 40934752.
Malave, Florita (1985). Egon Eiermann, architect (in German). Monticello, Ill: Vance Bibliographies. ISBN 978-0-89028-235-9. OCLC 11871854.
Thomas, Christian (1 March 2021). "Einflussreichster Architekt der Nachkriegsperiode". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
Stock, Adolf (1 March 2021). "Eiermann und Henselmann". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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