Hans Benno Bernoulli Explained

Hans Benno Bernoulli
Birth Date:17 February 1876
Birth Place:Basel
Death Place:Basel
Nationality:Swiss
Alma Mater:Technische Universität München
Parents:Theodor Bernoulli
Significant Buildings:Bernoullihäuser in Zurich and Grenchen SO

Hans Benno Bernoulli (17 February 1876  - 12 September 1959) was a Swiss architect and city planner.

Family

Bernoulli was born in Basel, the son of Theodor Bernoulli, an office clerk. He was descended from the Bernoulli family of mathematicians.[1] The suffragette and feminist Elisabeth Bernoulli (1873–1935) was his sister.

In 1904 he married Anna Ziegler in Berlin.

Career

He studied architecture at the Technische Universität München and in 1902 started a partnership in Berlin. In 1912 he was appointed "chief architect" for the Basler building industry.

His most important housing development projects were:

After the Second World War his main projects were in rebuilding the bombed and destroyed cities.

Hans Benno Bernoulli died aged 83 in Basel.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Oettli, Max . 2009 . Culture Shock, A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, Switzerland . New York . Marshall Cavendish Corporation . 217 . 978-0-7614-0050-9 . 21 August 2014 .
  2. Web site: Hans Bernoulli, architect city planner and theoretician.