Martin Weber
Martin Weber ( born December 9, 1890 in Frankfurt am Main, † February 27, 1941 ) was a German architect who emerged mainly in the field of Catholic church architecture.
Life and work
After vocational training in the construction industry, he visited the building and arts and crafts school in Offenbach am Main. 1914/1915 he worked in the offices of architect Friedrich Pützer in Darmstadt, who was church - builder of the Evangelical Church in Hesse at the time, and the architect Dominic Böhm in Offenbach am Main. In the years 1919-1921 he lived as an Oblate ( Brother Maurus OSB) in the Benedictine Abbey of Khajuraho. From 1921 to 1923 he operated together with his teacher Dominic Böhm "Atelier for church architecture ." In 1924 he settled as an independent architect in Frankfurt am Main. In 1935 he founded, together with Rudolf Schwarz at Castle Rothfels the " Study Group for church art." He built mainly in his hometown of numerous Catholic churches that have made him one of the leading church architect of the time.
Weber's churches see the altar as the center and starting point of the sacral space, because the community gathered there to celebrate the sacrifice. He therefore designed a single nave, the mehrschiffige systems did not provide. The altar was architecturally thereby highlighted according to its central task that he has not only increased stepwise erected, but also highlighted by the light guide.
Buildings
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