Gustav August Munzer

Gustav August Munzer ( born January 9, 1887 in ( Föritz ) Oerlsdorf; † August 23, 1973 in Dusseldorf ) was a German architect. His most famous building is the Laboe naval memorial.

Life

Munzer studied from 1904 to 1907 at the Baugewerkschule in Coburg and found after a first job in the office of the architect Willroth in Flensburg. From 1908 to 1910 he was a collaborator of the architect Lauritz Petersen Thaysen in Tønder ( Tønder, Denmark). 1910 Munzer went to art school Dusseldorf, his teachers there was one Wilhelm Kreis. Although he still occupied at the School of Applied Arts until 1913 courses, he already made ​​in 1911 as a freelance architect.

1915 Munzer married the daughter of a Commissioner of City Planning, from the marriage had three children. He was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund ( DWB) and the Association of German Architects ( BDA); In 1939, he was - well generally positive assessment mainly because of the Naval Monument - appointed professor (see Adjunct Professor ). He practiced his profession until about 1970, to be paid particular attention to the cheap housing for workers and employees; with this goal he laid out a number of buildings. Munzers extensive, from photos, postcards and plans of existing estate is located in Düsseldorf city archive.

Buildings

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