Clemens Holzmeister
Illustration — Photo of Clemens Holzmeister Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 projects. He was the father of Judith Holzmeister.
Clemens Holzmeister

Otto Skall · Die Bühne 1 July 1937, Heft 451 S. 37 (http: anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=bue datum=1937 page=847 size=45) · Public domain
- Died
- 1983.
- Nationality
- Brazil and Austria.
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- architect, university teacher, teacher and designer.
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Illustration — Photo of Clemens Holzmeister Clemens Holzmeister (27 March 1886 – 12 June 1983) was a prominent Austrian architect and stage designer of the early twentieth century. The Austrian Academy of Fine Arts listed his life's work as containing 673 projects. He was the father of Judith Holzmeister.
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Clemens Holzmeister (1886–1983) was an Austrian and Brazilian architect, designer and teacher, among other activities. Born in Fulpmes, the architect died in Hallein.
Clemens Holzmeister studied at TU Wien. The architect worked for Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Istanbul Technical University and was a member of Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, KaV Norica Wien and KÖHV Leopoldina Innsbruck. Clemens Holzmeister worked in Vienna.
Languages used include German. The architect received Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, City of Vienna Prize for Architecture and Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Graz, among others.
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• Illustration — The Leopold-Figl-Warte, one of his works. Holzmeister was born in the village of Fulpmes in the Tyrol state of Austria. He and Judith Bridarolli married in 1913 in Innsbruck. In 1914 His son Guido was born in Vienna. He attended the Vienna University of Technology and earned a doctorate in architecture in 1919. His daughter Judith Holzmeister was born in Innsbruck in 1920. After submitting a prize-winning design, he became the Head of the Architecture Department of Austria's Academy of Fine Arts in 1924. In 1926 he oversaw the remodelling of the Festival Theatre in Salzburg, then spent several years erecting government buildings in Ankara, Turkey. In 1931 Holzmeister became the Director of the Austrian Academy of Fine Arts. Besides building projects in Austria, Germany and Turkey, he remained the Director of the Academy until being removed from this post during the Anschluss by the new German government in 1938. Although his offices, journals and papers were seized by the Nazis, he had the good luck to be in Turkey on another commission at the time; during which he designed the former Turkish Parliament building (1938) as well as numerous other state buildings. He remained in Turkey until 1954, then returned to Austria, where his 1950s commissions include the Großes Festspielhaus. His body of work includes a large number of public and semi-public buildings and churches. He developed a new interpretation of local building traditions between simplicity and expressiveness. He also built monuments and scenery. Holzmeister repeatedly worked as a stage designer beginning in the 1930s in collaboration with Max Reinhardt for whom he created the Faust-City for the Salzburg Festival. In the 1950s Holzmeister returned to stage design and again worked for the Salzburg Festival (Don Giovanni) as well as the Vienna State Opera (Fidelio, 1955, for the opening of the renovated State Opera) and the Burgtheater. Holzmeister's stage designs always respected the requirements of stage productions but never concealed the architectonic background of their creator. • Illustration — Grave of Clemens Holzmeister in Petersfriedhof Salzburg He is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Salzburg. • Illustration — The third and current Grand National Assembly of Turkey building in Ankara was designed by Clemens Holzmeister in 1938.
Works
Works
Sacred Buildings • Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Batschuns (1921-1923) • Kloster Maria Hilf with the retreat house of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Kufstein (1923, 1928) • Extensions of the parish church of Obergurgl in the municipality of Sölden (1924, 1966) • Parish Mariahilf (Heldendankkirche) in Bregenz (1925-1931), Vorarlberg • Parish church Crimea in Vienna Dobling (1931/32) • Reconstruction and extension of the parish church Dornbach in Vienna Hernals (1931/32) • Reconstruction and extension of the parish church of St. Anton am Arlberg (1932) • Filialkirche Erlöserkirche in Wiener Neustadt; Reconstruction of a factory building to the Church (1932) • 1=Seipel-Dollfuss Memorial Church (now Christ the King Church) Neufünfhaus in Vienna (1933/34) • Parish Church of St. Erhard, Mauer (Vienna) (1934–36) • Christ Evangelical Church in Kitzbühel (1962) • Parish Church of All Saints -St. George, Hoetting, Innsbruck (completed in 1964) • Parish Pertisau, Tirol (1966-1970) • Parish Don Bosco (Großfeldsiedlung) in Vienna Floridsdorf (1971 built) • Guardian Angel Chapel (Schutzengel-Kapelle) in the Schlickeralm in the municipality of Telfes • Parish Erpfendorf, Tirol • Parish Bruckhäusl in Wörgl, Tirol • Christ the King Church in Gloggnitz • Mortuary Grafstein (Carinthia) (1965) • Church of St. Stephan in Gmünd (Lower Austria), 1981-1982 Expansion • Parish church in Zwölfaxing (1966-1967) • Filialkirche Holzhausen, community Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg, 1985 Extension Civil Buildings • Elementary school in Marbach an der Donau (debut) • Feuerhalle Simmering in Vienna (1921–22) • Sanatorium Mehrerau in Bregenz (1922-1923) • Hotel Steinbock in Steinach am Brenner (built in 1923; demolished 1986) • Council Blathof in Vienna (1924-1925) • Hotel Post in St. Anton am Arlberg (1927/28) • The 1=Berghaus on the Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel (1929/30) • Cardinal Piffl dormitory of Akademikerhilfe in Vienna (1931/32) • New spa / therapy center in Bad Ischl (1932, today: Euro Therme Bad Ischl) • 2 houses in the Werkbundsiedlung Vienna (1932) • Memorial at Fuschertörl, Grossglockner High Alpine Road (1933) • Broadcasting House Argentinierstraße in Vienna (1935–39) • Festspielhaus in Salzburg (1 reconstruction in 1926; 2 reconstruction 1936/38) • State Theatre in Linz (1953-1958) • Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg (1955-1960) • Schülerheim Don Bosco in Fulpmes • Leopold Figl waiting on Tulbingerkogel Lower Austria (1966–67; opened in 1968) • Elementary school Grafstein (Carinthia) (1969/71) • Elementary school Jenbach, Tirol • Cultural Hall at the elementary school Himmelberg, Carinthia (1978/80) • Andreas Hofer monument in Vienna-Wieden on Südtirolerplatz (design, executed by Jacob Adlhart) Germany Sacred Buildings • Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption, Mary Green, Blankenese, 1929–30 • St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, expressionist remodeling of the interior of the episcopal church, (destroyed in war) • Parish Church of St. Peter, Mönchengladbach -Waldhausen, 1933 • Church of St. Adalbert, Berlin-Mitte, 1933 • Parish Church of St. Agatha, Merchingen • Catholic parish church of St. Martin, Nuremberg, 1934-1935, reconstruction after the planned by Rolf Behringer 1946-1948 • Christ the King Church in Kleve (1934), (destroyed in war in 1944) • St. Mary Magdalene, Brotdorf • Franciscan monastery, Hermes wedge • Reconstruction in the Romanesque church of St. Georg (Cologne) • Parish Church in Augsburg-Hochzoll, 1964–66 Civil Buildings • Schlageter National Monument, Dusseldorf-Golzheim, 1931 Italy • Hotel Drei Zinnen, Sexten, 1929-1931 • Hotel Adler, St. Ortisei, 1926 • Villa Dr. Runggaldier, Ortisei, 1926 • Villa Pretz, Bolzano, 1926-1928 • Settlement Klösterlegrund, Bolzano, 1925 • Reconstruction of the parish church of San Vigilio, Untermais, Merano Turkey • Ministry of Defence 1928 • The Office of Commander in Chief 1929-1930 • Ankara Officers’ Club 1930-1933 • War Academy 1930-1935 • Çankaya Mansion 1931-1932 • Central Bank 1931-1933 • Ministry of Interior 1932-1934 • Court of Appeal 1933-1934 • Property Credit Bank 1933-1934 • Embassy of Austria 1935-1936 • Turkish Grand National Assembly 1938-1960

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1886
Clemens Holzmeister was born on 27 March 1886.
1920
Kirche Maria Grün/Sankt Mariä Himmelfahrt is dated 1920.
1922
War memorial, Schwoich is dated 1922.
1927
Volksschule Jenbach is dated 1927.
1930
General Staff Building is dated 1930.
1931
Kurmittelhaus Bad Ischl is dated 1931.
1932
Neulandschule Grinzing is dated 1932.
1933
Christkönigskirche, Vienna is dated 1933.
1933
St. Adalbert-Kirche is dated 1933.
1936
Austrian Embassy building is dated 1936.
1939
Funkhaus Wien is dated 1939.
1959
Kapelle Schlicker Alm is dated 1959.
1960
Third building of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey is dated 1960.
1960
Bernhardkapelle am Hahnenkamm is dated 1960.
1965
Julius Raab monument, Volksgarten Vienna is dated 1965.
1965
Pfarrkirche Allerheiligen, Innsbruck is dated 1965.
1969
Pfarrkirche Pertisau is dated 1969.
1970
Gaislachalmkapelle is dated 1970.
1971
Volksschule Grafenstein, Kärnten is dated 1971.
1978
Andreas-Hofer-Denkmal, Wien is dated 1978.
1983
Clemens Holzmeister died on 12 June 1983.
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- “Clemens Holzmeister”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1162902116, Clemens Holzmeister (Veranstaltung : 2003 : Istanbul).
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Honours and awards
• Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture (June, 1953) • Honorary Ring of Vienna (1955) • Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1957) • Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1981) • Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey (1990)
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- 1.Taschen. 100: One Hundred Houses for One Hundred European Architects of the Twentieth Century. 174. 2004.
- 2.Reply to a parliamentary question. 36.
- 3.Reply to a parliamentary question. 621.
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