!!!Gessner, Hubert Gessner, Hubert, b. Valaške Klobouky, Czech Republic (then Wallachisch-Klobouk), Oct. 20, 1871; d. Vienna, April 24, 1943; architect; brother of Franz Gessner. Worked with O. Wagner in 1898/1899 and with his brother Franz G. from 1907-1912, after 1918 one of the leading architects of Vienna municipal housing projects, some of which he planned together with other architects, in 1938 officially prohibited from working for political reasons. !Works Vienna: workers' club in the 10%%sup th/% district, 1901/02 (a hotel since 1992); Villa G., Vienna's 18%%sup th/% district, 1907; printing and publishing house "Vorwaerts", Vienna's 5%%sup th/% district, 1909 (now mainly a hotel); Hammerbrot bakery, Vienna´s 21%%sup st/% district, 1909; railwaymen's club, Vienna's 5%%sup th/% district, 1912/13; Matzleinstalerhof, Vienna's 5%%sup th/% district, 1919; Reumannhof, Vienna's 5%%sup th/% district, 1924; Lassallehof, Vienna's 2%%sup nd/% district, 1924/25; Heizmannhof, Vienna's 2%%sup nd/% district, 1925; Karl-Seitz-Hof, Vienna's 21%%sup st/% district, 1926; Augartenbruecke, 1929-1931. Lower Austria: Haus Herrenplatz, St. Poelten, 1914; Landhaus Renner, Gloggnitz (now a museum), 1930. !Literature ; F. Czeike, Historisches Lexikon Wien, 5 vols., 1992-1997; M. Kristan, H. G., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1998; OeBL. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Gessner,_Hubert|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]