Paul Engelmann

• Name — Paul Engelmann • Native Name — פול אנגלמן • Born — 14 June 1891 • Birthplace — Olomouc, Moravia, Austria-Hungary • Died — 5 February 1965 • Place of death — Tel Aviv, Israel • Occupation — Architect • Known for — Building the Stonborough House

Engelmann was born at Olomouc, Moravia, Austria-Hungary in 1891, and studied with the modernist architect Adolf Loos in Vienna. He was supposedly Loos's favourite pupil. He was private secretary to Karl Kraus.

After the end of World War I, Engelmann maintained an active career as an architect in Europe and designed private houses in various cities. His work followed Loos' design principles, examples including the Stonborough House, in Vienna (1926–1928), the Vladimir Müller residence in Olomouc (1926–1928) and the Yedlin residence on Mount Carmel, Haifa (1936).

• Illustration — Haus Wittgenstein, also known as Stonborough House. Since 1975 it has housed the cultural department of the Bulgarian Embassy. In November 1925, Wittgenstein's sister Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein commissioned Engelmann, to design and build a large town house in Vienna in the Kundmanngasse. Wittgenstein showed a great interest in the project and in Engelmann's plans. He convinced Engelmann that he could realise his sister's intentions much better and was eventually asked to be the architect of the house.

Engelmann emigrated to the Palestine region in 1934. He later settled in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he died on 5 February 1965. He dedicated less time to his architectural work, instead focusing on writing about his experiences with Loos, Kraus and Wittgenstein, but in 1947 he designed the interiors of the Jordanian Parliament and the throne hall of King Abdulla in Amman, Jordan.

Paul Engelmann is recorded as architect.