!!!Gessner, Franz

Gessner, Franz, b. Valaške Klobouky, Czech Republic (then Wallachisch-Klobouk), Sept. 15, 1879; 
d. Vienna, May 3, 1975, architect; brother of Hubert  Gessner. 
Studied under O.  Wagner, worked in the studio of his brother Hubert 
G. from 1907-1912, then planned apartment buildings reminiscent of 
municipal housing projects in Vienna on his own.

!Works
reinforced concrete building of Warchalowski, Eissler & Co., 
Vienna's 16%%sup th/%  district, 1918-1920; outdoor swimming pool 
in Gmunden, 1927; building with apartments and offices, Vienna's 
3%%sup rd/%  district, Petrusgasse no. 1, 1927/28;.apartment 
building, Vienna´s 4%%sup th/%  district, Operngasse no. 
23-25, 1936.

!Literature
M. Pozzetto, Die Schueler Otto Wagners, 1980; F. Czeike, 
Historisches Lexikon Wien, 5 vols., 1992-1997.



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