August Sicard von Sicardsburg
August Sicard von Sicardsburg (6 December 1813 – 11 June 1868) was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll. Sicardsburg was born in Buda.
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August Sicard von Sicardsburg
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- Born
- 1813.
- Died
- 1868.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- architect, professor and teacher.
- Known for
- Vienna State Opera house.
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August Sicard von Sicardsburg (6 December 1813 – 11 June 1868) was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll. Sicardsburg was born in Buda.
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Along with Eduard van der Nüll
Along with Eduard van der Nüll
He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology under Peter von Nobile, and together with van der Nüll. In 1843, he became professor at the Vienna Academy. Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer was one of his students. Sicardsburg died in 1868 in Weidling, Austria, of tuberculosis, six weeks after his partner Eduard van der Nüll committed suicide; neither saw the opening of the Vienna State Opera in 1869.
Schutzengelbrunnen (fountain), 1843–1846 Sofiensaal, 1845 Carltheater, 1846–1847 Arsenal 1849–1855 Vienna State Opera, 1861–1869 Haas-Haus, 1866–1868 (now site of the unrelated Haas-Haus) Palais Larisch-Mönich, 1867–1868 Industriepalast on the occasion of the World Exposition of 1873.
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1813
August Sicard von Sicardsburg was born on 6 December 1813.
1868
August Sicard von Sicardsburg died at Klosterneuburg.
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