Fritz Reichl (February 2, 1890 – January 1, 1959) was an Austrian architect based in

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Biography

Early life

Reichl was born in

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. He then studied architecture in Vienna, graduating in 1914. During

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, he served in

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and

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Career

He established his architectural firm in Vienna in 1925. In 1939, he moved to

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to escape the Nazis; he first worked in

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and later in

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. He moved to the United States in the late 1940s. After arriving in

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, he soon moved to Los Angeles, California, working for

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. In 1953, he started an architectural firm with

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Death

He died in Los Angeles, California. He was sixty-eight years old.

Gallery

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References

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