!!!Krauß, Franz Freiherr von

Krauss, Baron Franz von, b. Vienna, June 14, 1865, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 24, 1942, architect. 1889/90-94 employed at the 
studio Fellner & Helmer, then independent, generally worked in 
association with J. Toelk. Created extensive, often outstanding and 
monumental, residential and office buildings in the Austro-Hungarian 
monarchy, which were characterized by the transition from late 
historicism to modern functionalism. Teacher at the Vienna Academy of 
Fine Arts, Professor at the University of Technology.

!Works
Vienna: Kaiserjubilaeums-Stadttheater (formerly a theatre, now 
the Volksoper, with A. Graf), 1898/99; Buergertheater, 1905 (together 
with. A. Graf, demolished in 1960); Franzensbruecke, 1899 (bridge, 
with F. Pfeuffer, destroyed in 1945); Mental Hospital Rosenhuegel, 
Vienna, 1911; municipal housing schemes S.-Freud-Hof, 1925, and 
Sandleiten, 1924-1927 (cooperation). - Lower Austria: Therapeutic 
Baths and Sanatorium in Baden, 1903.


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