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'''Karl Moser''' ([[August 10]], [[1860]]–[[February 28]], [[1936]]) is an [[architect]] from [[Switzerland]].
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'''Karl Moser''' (10 August 1860 28 February 1936) was an [[architect]] from [[Switzerland]].
[[Image:Karlsruhe Christuskirche.jpg|thumb|Christuskirche Karlsruhe]]
[[Image:ETH-BIB-Moser, Karl (1860-1936)-Portrait-Portr 00350.tif|thumb|Karl Moser]]
1887–1915 he worked together with [[Robert Curjel]] in [[Karlsruhe]].
[[Image:Antoniuskirche Basel.jpg|thumb|150px|Kirche St. Anton in Basel (1927) in the modernist style]]
Some of their works:

Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with [[Robert Curjel]] in [[Karlsruhe]], setting up the architecture firm [[Curjel and Moser]]. Some of their works are:
* [[Kunsthaus Zurich]]
* [[Kunsthaus Zurich]]
* [[University of Zurich]]
* [[University of Zurich]]
* [[Basel Badischer Bahnhof]]
* [[Basel Badischer Bahnhof]]
* [[St. Paul's Church, Bern]]
* several protestant churches
* St. Anthony's (Antoniuskirche), Basel
* several Protestant churches


1915–1928 he was [[professor]] at [[ETH Zurich]].
From 1915 to 1928 he was [[professor]] at [[ETH Zurich]].


In 1928 he was president of the newly founded [[Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne]], an organisation, steered prominently by the pioneers of modernism, architects [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Walter Gropius]], which championed rational and functionalist architecture, while critiquing the type of revivalist architecture typified by Moser's own work. Indeed, it was at this time that Moser's own work changed radically towards modernism, exemplified in the St. Anthony's (Antoniuskirche) in Basel (1925–27), built in reinforced concrete rather than brick and stone typical for his earlier works.
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His son [[Werner M. Moser]] also became a notable architect.

==References==
*[[Leonardo Benevolo]]. ''History of Modern Architecture, Volume 2''. MIT Press, 1977 pg. 618

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Latest revision as of 12:52, 10 August 2024

Karl Moser (10 August 1860 – 28 February 1936) was an architect from Switzerland.

Karl Moser
Kirche St. Anton in Basel (1927) in the modernist style

Between 1887 and 1915 he worked together with Robert Curjel in Karlsruhe, setting up the architecture firm Curjel and Moser. Some of their works are:

From 1915 to 1928 he was professor at ETH Zurich.

In 1928 he was president of the newly founded Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, an organisation, steered prominently by the pioneers of modernism, architects Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, which championed rational and functionalist architecture, while critiquing the type of revivalist architecture typified by Moser's own work. Indeed, it was at this time that Moser's own work changed radically towards modernism, exemplified in the St. Anthony's (Antoniuskirche) in Basel (1925–27), built in reinforced concrete rather than brick and stone typical for his earlier works.

His son Werner M. Moser also became a notable architect.

References

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