Joseph Kornhäusel
Illustration — Landhaus Jenamy in Ottakring Josef Georg Kornhäusel (13 November 1782, in Vienna - 31 October 1860, in Vienna) was an Austrian architect of the first half of the 19th century. He primarily employed the contemporary style of Neoclassical architecture, moving to the Biedermeier style in his later oevre. Kornhäusel was court architect to Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, for whom he had built palaces, theaters and garden pavilions.
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Joseph Kornhäusel

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- Born
- 1782. · Vienna.
- Died
- 1860. · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- architect and general contractor.
- Known for
- Schloss Weilburg, Baden, Stadttempel, Prälatensaal of the Schottenstift and Vienna.
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Illustration — Landhaus Jenamy in Ottakring Josef Georg Kornhäusel (13 November 1782, in Vienna - 31 October 1860, in Vienna) was an Austrian architect of the first half of the 19th century. He primarily employed the contemporary style of Neoclassical architecture, moving to the Biedermeier style in his later oevre. Kornhäusel was court architect to Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, for whom he had built palaces, theaters and garden pavilions.
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• Domestic architecture: Numerous apartment buildings and villas in Vienna and Baden • Weilburg Palace in Baden, 1820-1824 • Theater in der Josefstadt, 1822 • Interior of the museum Albertina, 1822 • Stadttempel, the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Vienna, 1824-1826 • Extension to the Schottenstift, 1826-1832 • Extension of the château in Hnojník • Habsburg Palace in Cieszyn, 1838-1840

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1782
Joseph Kornhäusel was born on 13 November 1782.
1860
Joseph Kornhäusel died on 31 October 1860.
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- 1.Gerhard Wurzinger. Kornhäusel, Joseph Georg. austria-forum.org. 2017-03-09.
- 2.Paul Tausig. Joseph Kornhäusel. Ein vergessener österreichischer Architekt (1792–1860). 1916.
- 3.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 10 f.
- 4.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 12.
- 5.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 13.
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- 9.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 19.
- 10.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 21f.
- 11.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 19 f.
- 12.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 22.
- 13.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 23.
- 14.Wurzinger: Kornhäusel, Online, ausführlich und mit Zeichnung in Tausig, S. 25 f.
- 15.Marlies Schacherl. Der Umbau des Wiener Schottenstiftes und dessen Innenräume durch Joseph Kornhäusel. 2008.
- 16.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 28.
- 17.Am 31. Oktober starb hier Herr Joseph.
- 18.ArchitekturzentrumWien 1147
- 19.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 8 f.
- 20.Tausig: Joseph Kornhäusel, S. 5.
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