Fellner & Helmer

The architecture office Fellner & Helmer ( Helmer & Fellner also studio ) was founded in Vienna in 1873 by the architects Ferdinand Fellner Younger ( 1847-1916 ) and Hermann Helmer ( 1849-1919 ) and operated until 1919.

Working

The architectural firm specializing in the construction of theaters - which was initiated by the work of Fellner I. - and the construction of a total of 48 theater buildings in Europe involved. The boom in theaters in 1900 promoted such specialization, which was represented in the UK by the office about Frank Matchams. Decisive was the desire of the bourgeoisie according to their own platforms. There were stricter safety requirements regarding fire protection ( fire Ringtheater 1881), which required modifications. Especially Helmer worked intensively with fire precautions, tests and regulations, and worked in a number of committees. The almost monopolistic position of architects in Austria - Hungary can be traced back to the fact that the serviced office could guarantee high quality at low cost and faster implementation, reliability, predictability and professionalism. Its style has ushered in a new era in the architecture of the 20th century. Due to their style they beat new paths in urban planning, away from the strictly Italian Renaissance rediscovery of the Baroque through to Art Nouveau their latest buildings. In this style, they have built not only a theater, but also department stores, banks, hotels, palaces, country castles and country houses and villas, a total of more than 200 buildings documented. In structural engineering, they turned to the latest known construction methods.

Despite many wars and fires almost all theaters are still in operation today and contribute to cultural life in many European cities - a sign of how forward-looking built in the 19th century, the Viennese architect.

Company History

After studying Hermann Helmer came around the year 1871 around one in the studio of the heart suffering Ferdinand Fellner I. ( 1815-1871 ), which was actively supported since 1866 by his son Ferdinand Fellner II. This led even after his father's death on the studio. In 1873, then founded Fellner and Helmer II, the architects Fellner & Helmer community. In the first years Fellner was primarily responsible for the negotiations, site management and on-site meetings, while Helmer worked in the office. Later, the contracts were split and each architect had his own staff. The work was planned but always in a uniform manner and design always ran under the shared studio name.

In the studio were at times up to 20 architects employed to cope with the orders. They include Franz Krauss, Rudolf Krausz, Ernst Gotthilf, Alexander Graf and Alexander Neumann were. After her studies were the sons of Ferdinand Fellner III. and Hermann Helmer jun. in the studio, where Fellner III. died in 1911. After the death of Fellner II, the Office of Helmer was sen. continued and jun after his death by Helmer. With the disintegration of the Habsburg monarchy, however, no significant orders came more and the office was finally resolved.

Theater and Konzertbauten

Other projects

Vienna

Carlsbad ( Karlovy Vary )

• Parkquelle colonnades (1900)
• Grandhotel Pupp (1913 )
• Bath I - Emperor (1895 )

Other places

• Bad Vöslau: Schlumberger Castle
• Graz: Warehouse Kastner & Ohler
• Graz: Some houses in the Herrngasse
• Liesing (now Vienna, 23rd District ): Liesinger Town Hall; Liesing Brewery
• Pawlowitz ( Pavlovice ): Castle
• Pilsen ( Plzeň): Hotel Waldeck
• Puchberg am Schneeberg: Schneeberg Hotel
• Rijeka: Palača Modello 1885
• Schinkau ( Žinkovy ): Castle Žinkovy
• Schneeberg: Berghaus Hochschneeberg
• Semmering Hotel Panhans
• Semmering - Dependance Silent Woods 1908
• Semmering - Dependance Fürstenhof
• Lviv Hotel George
• Numerous Villenbauten and Castles: inter alia, the hunting lodges of Baron Rothschild, Villa Böhler in Kapfenberg, Villa Wessely (v / o Füssel villa ) in Tulln, Villa Schwarzenbach in Rüschlikon / Zurich