Abel, Adolf

Born in the family of an architect. He graduated from the University of Stuttgart (1902-1904) and at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (1904-1905), after which he made a long study trip to Northern Italy. After returning to his homeland, he worked in Dresden (1906-1908), collaborating with Paul Wallot. In 1909 he moved to Stuttgart and worked at the Schmol & Stelin architectural bureau, and from 1910-1914, at the Eisenlor and Pfennig bureau. After the end of the First World War, Adolf Abel got an assistant at the Stuttgart Higher Technical School , in 1921-1925 he taught at it. At the same time, he led the high-rise construction department at Neckar-AG . In 1925, Adolf Abel took over as director of urban development in Cologne and worked in this position until 1930. In 1930, Abel received the title of professor of architecture and urban construction at the Munich Technical University . In the years 1933-1945, under the National Socialists, Adolf Abel was mainly engaged in lecture activities and the implementation of private orders.

In 1946-1949, the architect was engaged in restoration work in the West German state of Baden-Württemberg and in Munich, and was a member of the commission for the restoration of Baden-Württemberg. In the years 1949-1955, he served as a professor at the Darmstadt Technical University . In 1955 he returned to Stuttgart.

Adolf Abel was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . He was awarded the Great Cross for the merits of Germany .

Buildings (favorites)

• 1921: Stuttgart Stock Exchange (Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
• 1923: Crypt of the Volkman family, Schaprode on the island of Rügen
• 1923-1927 (?): Protective structures (dams) on the Neckar River, Stuttgart-Unterturkheim
• 1925-1926: The bridge of Friedrich Ebert across the Neckar in Mannheim
• 1927-1928: Fencing with a tower at the Cologne Mass (fair)
• 1927–1928: The Stathenhalle Exhibition Hall, Cologne
• 1927-1928: Restaurant “Rhine Terrace” at Cologne Mass neben den Rheinhallen der Kölner Messe
• 1927-1929: High-rise building near the train station in Koblenz Koblenz
• 1927-1929: Mülheim bridge (Cologne)
• 1928-1935: Building of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Cologne
• 1954-1956: “Hall of Songs” ( Liederhalle , Hall of Congresses and Meetings) in Stuttgart.

Works

• Regeneration der Städt - des Villes - of Towns. Erlenbach, Zürich 1950.

• Abel, Adolf. In: Reichshandbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft. Band 1, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930.

als Mikrofiche-Ausgabe mit einer Einleitung von Ferdinand Tönnies: KG Saur, München 1995, ISBN 3-598-30664-4 .

• Abel, Adolf. In: Hans-Curt Köster (Hrsg.), Walter Müller-Wulckow (†): Architektur 1900-1929 in Deutschland. (= Die Blauen Bücher. ) Langewiesche Nachf., Königstein 1999, ISBN 3-7845-8041-6 , S. 158.

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  Tower at the Rhine Hall in Cologne

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  Board House in Cologne Rhine Park

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  Song Hall (Liderhalle) in Stuttgart

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  Friedrich Ebert Bridge, Mannheim

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  Reinhalle, premises at the Cologne Mass (exhibition and fair halls).