Hueber, Josef#
Hueber, Josef, b. Vienna, around 1715, d. Graz (Styria), Sept. 26, 1787, master builder. Together with J. Carlone and A. Stengg the most important representative of late-baroque architecture in Styria. Appointed "Regional master builder" (1740) and "court master builder" as well as "master builder of the War Ministry" (1753); was responsible for numerous reconstruction projects and new buildings.
Works#
Ecclesiastical buildings: Mariahilferkirche church, Welsche Kirche church, Stadtpfarrkirche church in Graz; Kindberg, Muerzzuschlag, St. Veit a. Vogau, Wallfahrtskirche am Weizberg. - Secular buildings: Rittersaal im steir. Landhaus, Landstaend. Theater, Buergerhaus in Graz, Schloss Oberkindberg etc.Literature#
W. Koschatzky, Leben, Werk und Stil des Barockbaumeisters J. H., doctoral thesis, Graz 1951.