Rudolf Kern was an important designer and builder in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

, at the end of the Prussian period of the city. Most his works have been realized between 1903 and 1914. His artistic style relates to

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and

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Life

Rudolf Kern allegedly practised in the studio of Józef Święcicki. From 1903 to the beginning of the 1920s, he his own architectural and construction office. At that time, like many architects from Bydgoszcz, he was involved in the design and construction of tenement houses that were then sold to profitable real estate brokers. This process was particularly noticeable in the erection of edifices along Cieszkowskiego Street. In Bydgoszcz, he lived until 1922 in his own house at the corner of Gdańska Street and

Adam Mickiewicz Alley Adam Mickiewicz Alley is one of the main streets of downtown district in Bydgoszcz, where several buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List. Location The street links Gdańska Street to Józef Weyssenhoff ...

Style

Rudolf Kern's style is characterized by

features and details. In 1912, one of his projects was awarded ''most beautiful new building of the year'' (together with

Fritz Weidner Fritz Weidner (1863–1950) was an important designer and builder in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz, Poland). A vast majority of his works is associated with the city. He is one among many architects and builders who gave a characteristic shape to the town ...

's house at Kołłątaja street 1), in a competition organized by city authorities: it stands at 20 January 1920 Street 24.

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Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

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, Built for Adolf Berger, a merchant. , Dom, 1906 Bydgoszcz, Al

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, ----- , 1906–1907 , Tenement at 24 Gdańska Street , Commissioned by merchant Julius Berger, it has been heavily ravaged by a fire in 1945. , Gdanska 24 (2)

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Works in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

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Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...