Viktor Axmann | |
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| Born | (1878-08-29)29 August 1878 |
| Died | 3 March 1946(1946-03-03) (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Croat |
Viktor Axmann (given name:Vladoje Aksmanović; 29 August 1878,Osijek,Croatia – 3 March 1946,Valpovo, Croatia) was a Croatianarchitect.[1] He spent most of his life in Osijek, but he died in 1946 in acommunistlabor camp in Valpovo.
He finished theTechnical College inMunich,Germany. Afterwards, he specialized inVienna,Austria, where he got in touch with contemporary ideas of urban architecture ofJosef Hoffman,Otto Wagner, andCamillo Sitte.
In 1905, he became a construction entrepreneur in Osijek, where he built numeroussecession-style buildings. His most important work of that period was the Urania Cinema (built-in 1912),[2] for which he received a prestigious award at the 1st International Cinema Exhibition in Vienna. AfterWorld War I he gradually abandoned the secession in favor ofmodernism. In that period, he built numerous architecturally important buildings in Osijek, such as the Apprentices' Dormitory (Croatian:Naučnički dom, built in 1923), Workers' Insurance Office (Ispostava urea za osiguranje radnika, also 1923), two pavilions of the Osijek Hospital (Osječka bolnica, 1925), House of Falcons (Sokolski dom, 1928), Boarding School (Đački dom, 1929), the palace of the County Office of Workers' Insurance (Okružni ured za osiguranje radnika, 1936, co-projected with D. Špiller and J. Kastl) and Office of the Matches' Factory "Drava" Pension Fund (Dom mirovinske zaklade tvornice žigica "Drava", 1940).
Axmann was also involved inurban planning. He tried to add modern ideas of spatial planning to organize the Osijek metropolitan area. In that spirit, he created a series of plans. In 1906, he projected new streets in the heart of Osijek. Under Wagner's influence, in 1908, he projected Osijek's main square andfarmers' market. The same year he attended the 8th International Congress of Architects in Vienna. Aside from Axmann, theClub of Croatian Architects sent his representatives to the congress. However, Axmann's application to join the club had been denied two years before. In 1910, he projected the Sakuntala Park. Aside from urban planning and architecture, Axmann also wrote about the urban problems of Osijek in the Gazette of the Croatia Society of Engineers and Architects.
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