!!!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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