!!!Olbrich, Joseph Maria

b. Opava, Czech Republic (then Troppau), Dec. 22, 1867, 
d. Duesseldorf (Germany), Aug. 8, 1908, architect. 1893-1899 worked as 
a draftsman for O.  Wagner; being one of the originators of the Vienna 
 Secession he designed its exhibition building, which paved the way 
for modern architectural conceptions of form. In his striving for a 
gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), O. also dealt with interior 
decoration and with designs for arts and crafts. In 1899 he was called 
to Darmstadt to plan the "Kuenstlerkolonie" (Artists' Colony); also 
designed numerous other buildings and town planning projects 
(Duesseldorf, Cologne, Berlin), some of which were not built. The 
O.-Haus in St. Poelten is one of his few buildings that are still 
preserved.

!Works
Architektur, 3 vols., 1901-1914 (reprint 1988, with text 
contributions by P. Haiko and B. Krimmel).

!Literature
J. Latham, J. M. O., 1981; OeBL.



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