Theodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher.

Career

Fischer planned public housing projects for the city of Munich beginning in 1893. He was the joint founder and first chairman of the Deutscher Werkbund (German work federation, 1907), as well as member of the German version of the Garden city movement. In 1909, Fischer accepted a position as professor for architecture at the Technical University of Munich.

Notable pupils

Famous pupils of Fischer include

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and Paul Schmitthenner.

Style

Originally an imitator of historical styles, he changed direction, seeking a style which was closer to German tradition; his rediscovery of the expressive qualities of stone influenced many of his pupils, and his search for a more genuinely volkisch style explains his nationalist utterances in the early part of the Third Reich. Fischer described his own style as something between historicism and

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. He tried to always work in the local context, and the socio-cultural character of the region, with an eye toward the social effect of his plans.

Bibliography

* (1988): ''Theodor Fischer: Architekt Und Staedtebauer'', Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag fur Architektur und technische Wissenschaften (German edition) *Falko Lehmann (1988): ''Friedrich Theodor Fischer, 1803-1867: Architekt im Grossherzogtum Baden (Studien zur Bauforschung)'', Geiger-Verlag (German edition)

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