Henri-Robert von der Mühll (5 October 1898 – 17 November 1980) was a Swiss
architect and member of the
Von der Mühll
Von der Mühll or Von der Mühl is a Swiss patrician (see the Daig of Basel) and noble family.
From the 18th century, with other patrician families in Basel ( Merian, Burckhardt, Faesch, Vischer), the Von der Mühll family dominated the city of ...
family. His work was part of the
architecture event in the
art competition at the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
.
After having studied architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Zürich, he trained in several European cities before opening his own studio in
Lausanne in 1925. He was co-founder of the
''Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne'' ''(CIAM)'' with, amongst others
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...
, and co-signatory of the Sarraz manifesto.
His achievements mainly concern the city of Lausanne where he designed and built the ''La Chandoline'' building in 1933-34 and was responsible for the development of the Valency district in 1948–1953. He also designed and created various private commissions, gardens and parks. He was technical director of the company ''Winckler SA'' in
Friborg from 1945 to 1948, where he developed the prefabricated house ''Multiplan''.
He authored several publications, in particular on national and regional planning, several containing his illustrations, produced posters as well as stamps. He was member of the Federal Fine Arts Commission (1957-1964).
In 1973, he published a work entitled ''De l'architecture''. The collection of his archives has been kept at the
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) since his death in 1980.
References
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1898 births
1980 deaths
20th-century Swiss architects
Olympic competitors in art competitions