Albert Friedrich Speer

Albert Friedrich Speer ( born May 6, 1863 in Dortmund, † March 31, 1947 in Heidelberg ) was a German architect.

Life

Speer studied in Berlin and Munich architecture. From 1892 to 1923 he maintained his own architectural office in Mannheim. Its to be found mainly in the greater Mannheim buildings are stylistically influenced by Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism.

His marriage to Luise Wilhelmine Mathilde Hommel three sons were born, among them the architect and Nazi politician Albert Speer. The painter Conrad Hommel was his brother in law, whose daughter Eva van Hoboken his niece.

Works (selection)

• Schoolhouse Roxheim Bobenheim -Roxheim (1889 )
• Three villas director for the sugar factory Frankenthal in Frankenthal (Pfalz ) (1896, two receive )
• School House in Kirchheim on the Wine Route (1903 /04)
• Safe and offices of the Rheinische Credit Bank in Mannheim ( 1904-06, 1911)
• Residential House Castle - Wolfsbrunnenweg 50 in Heidelberg (1905 )
• Mercedes- Benz plant in Mannheim (1908 )
• Luitpoldschule Hettenleidelheim (1908 )
• Department store Hirschlandplatz in Mannheim ( 1914-17; destroyed)
• Administrative building of the Rhenish Schuckert Company in Mannheim ( 1914-17 )
• Extension of the hangar " Liller Hall " in Speyer (1917 )
• Magazine and office building of Pfalz- Flugzeugwerke in Speyer (1917 )