Gustav Gull

Gustav Gull ( born December 7, 1858 in Altstetten, † June 10, 1942 in Zurich ) was Swiss architect of historicism.

Life

Gull came from a family of builders. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Zurich 1876-79 and 1879-80 attended courses at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Geneva. This was followed up in 1882 an internship at Benjamin Recordon in Lausanne. After a trip to Italy (1883 /84) he first went into a partnership with Conrad von Muralt, with whom he built the main post office, among others, in Lucerne, Zurich Lavater the schoolhouse. In 1890, he received from the city of Zurich the first order for the preparation of a plan of the Swiss National Museum. From 1895 to 1900 he was city architect in Zurich, then he worked until 1929 as a professor of architecture at the Polytechnic in Zurich.

His buildings are concentrated with a few exceptions, Zurich. Decisive he coined the " Urania - axis " Sihlporte -Urania Street - Zähringerplatz, a project of his development plans for " large - Zurich ," of which ultimately only a part was built. The realized parts of the city office " Urania " include residential and commercial building with observatory ( Uraniastrasse 9) and the Office Homes I-IV. Non- active light was the new " townhouse Lindenhof ", just like the " Beat bridge " where now runs the new mill bridge. Also remained utopia, the scheduled on the other side of the Limmat " Zähringerplatz piercing ", a boulevard from Zähringerplatz to the home place, and the " Government Buildings Home Place ."

His grave is in the cemetery Sihlfeld.

Works (selection)

  • Main Post Office, Lucerne, 1887 ( with Conrad von Muralt )
  • Swiss National Museum, Zurich, 1892-1898 Built in the style of a neo-Gothic castle
  • Villa Sihlberg, Zurich, 1898
  • Townhouse Zurich, 1898-1901
  • Stauffacher Bridge, Zurich, 1899 Hausteinverkleidung of reinforced concrete bridge by Robert Maillart
  • Villa Sonnenberg, Hochwachtstrasse 20, Winterthur, 1901-1902
  • Restaurant and Urania Observatory, Zurich, 1905-1909
  • School house plant Aemtler, Zurich, 1908
  • Urban office buildings, Zurich, 1911-1914
  • Dome and stems at the Polytechnic, Zurich, 1915-1924 These modifications changed the character of the original built by Gottfried Semper building completely.

Known students

  • Hermann Herter
  • Otto Pfister
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