Gustav Hilbig ( Latvian: Gustavs Hilbigs ; October 24, 1822, Breslau - February 8, 1887, Riga ) - German and Livonian architect. He worked in Riga.
| Gustav Hilbig | |
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| him. Gustav Ferdinand Alexander Hilbig | |
| Basic information | |
| A country | |
| Date of Birth | October 24, 1822 |
| Place of Birth | Breslau |
| Date of death | February 8, 1887 ( 64) |
| A place of death | Riga |
| Work and Achievements | |
| Worked in the cities | Riga, Berlin, Krefeld |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Famous buildings
- 3 References
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born October 24, 1822 in the Prussian province of Silesia .
He studied at the Royal School of Art and Architecture in Breslau and the Berlin Academy of Civil Engineering. He worked in Holstein , Berlin and Krefeld , including the Krefeld Provincial Museum (1851–1855) and the Krefeld School (1855–1863) [1] . He taught at the Riga Polytechnic Institute (since 1863), the first dean of the Faculty of Architecture (since 1869), professor [2] .
He was buried in the Big Cemetery in Riga.
The son is the famous architect Herman Hilbig (1860-1939).
Famous buildings
- Church of St. Paul (1878)
- Riga Polytechnic Institute : the first building was completed in 1869 [3] , the interiors [4] , the building of the Institute on Merkel Street (1873) were preserved, in 1883-1885 they merged into a common complex with the third building on Inzhenru Street (Engineering).
Links
Notes
- ↑ Gustavs Hilbigs // Latvijas Enciklopēdija. - Riga: SIA "Valērija Belokoņa izdevniecība", 2007. - ISBN 9984-9482-0-X .
- ↑ The University of Latvia (English) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2013. Archived December 30, 2012.
- ↑ FIR. Photo
- ↑ The Small Hall (English) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2013. Archived July 4, 2015.