Paul Engelmann (14 June 1891 – 5 February 1965) was a

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who is now best known for his friendship with the philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian- British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is consi ...

between 1916 and 1928, and for being Wittgenstein's partner in the design and building of the Stonborough House, in Vienna.Leitner, Bernhard
The Wittgenstein House
Princeton Architectural Press (2001) His ''Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein With a Memoir'' was translated by L. Furtmüller and published in 1967 by Basil Blackwell.The memoir is reprinted in F. A. Flowers III and Ian Ground, eds., ''Portraits of Wittgenstein'', ch. 20 (2015) 999 and ''Portraits of Wittgenstein: Abridged Edition'', ch. 13 (2018). Bloomsbury Academic.

Education

Engelmann was born at

Olmütz Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

(Olomouc) in 1891, and studied with the

modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

architect

Adolf Loos Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was an inspiration to modernism and a widely- ...

in Vienna. He was supposedly Loos's favourite pupil. He was private secretary to Karl Kraus.

Career

After the end of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

, Engelmann maintained an active career as an architect in Europe and designed private houses in various cities. His work followed Loos’ design principles, examples including the Stonborough House, in Vienna (1926–28), the Vladimir Müller residence in Olmütz (1926–28) and the Yedlin residence on Mount Carmel, Haifa (1936).

The Stonborough House

In November 1925, Wittgenstein's sister

Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein Margaret "Gretl" Stonborough-Wittgenstein (September 19, 1882 – September 27, 1958), of the prominent and wealthy Viennese Wittgenstein family, was a sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein. She was the su ...

commissioned Engelmann, to design and build a large town house in Vienna in the Kundmanngasse. Wittgenstein showed a great interest in the project and in Engelmann's plans. He convinced Engelmann that he could realise his sister's intentions much better and was eventually asked to be the architect of the house.Jeffries, Stuart
"A dwelling for the gods"
''The Guardian'', 5 January 2002.

After Vienna

Engelmann emigrated to the Palestine region in 1934. He later settled in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, Israel, where he died in 1965. He dedicated less time to his architectural work, instead focusing on writing about his experiences with Loos, Kraus and Wittgenstein, but in 1947 he designed the interiors of the Jordanian Parliament and the throne hall of King Abdulla in Amman, Jordan.

References

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