Hubert Petschnigg
Hubert Petschnigg (31 October 1913 – 15 September 1997) was an Austrian architect.
Life
Petschnigg was born in
In 1948 he began working at the architectural firm of Helmut Hentrich and Hans Heuser. After Heuser's death in 1953, Petschnigg became his replacement and founded the HP firm together with Hentrich.[1][2][3] The firm was expanded to six partners in 1959 and renamed HPP Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partners.[4] Over the following decades it became one of the most prolific and best-known architectural firms in Germany.[5][6][7]
In 1962 Petschnigg was granted entry to the Corps Marchia Brünn branch of the Kösener Corps in
Petschnigg's particular passion was the maintenance of memorials. He also restored old buildings, including Pyrmont Castle in the Eifel,[8][9] in which he spent his final years, living with his wife as the castle's keeper. He died in 1997.
Works
Petschnigg produced his most important works as a partner of the HPP firm that he had founded with Helmut Hentrich. These included
References
- ^ University of Dortmund. (in German)
- ^ a b Architekt Hubert Petschnigg gestorben: Der Mitbegründer des Büros HPP starb im Alter von 83 Jahren Obituary from BauNetz magazine, 18 September 1997. (in German)
- ^ a b Entry for Hubert Petschnigg at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen database Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. (in German)
- ^ HPP Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner HPP. (in English)
- ^ Kulturkenner - 1960–Thyssenhaus in Düsseldorf KulturKenner, state government of North Rhine-Westphalia. (in English)
- German Historical InstituteWashington DC, GHI Bulletin Supplement 2, 2005 (p.15). (in English)
- ISBN 0-8478-2049-1. Retrieved 7 August 2010. (in English)
- ^ Burg Pyrmont ~ über die Burg Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Burg Pyrmont. (in German)
- ^ Eifeltour: Urlaub, Freizeit und Kultur in der Eifel Eifeltour, Eifel tourism site. (in German)
- ^ Structurae: Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner (in English)
- ^ Europa-Center: History (in English)
Further reading
- Joachim Lübcke, in memoriam Hubert Petschnigg, Trier, 1998, in Märkerbrief no. 83. (in German)
- Hermann Kruse, Kösener Corpslisten 1996, Gesamtverzeichnis 1919–1996, Nuremberg-Fürth, 1998. (in German)