Albin Camillo Müller (13 December 1871 – 2 October 1941), also known as Albinmüller, was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

architect and designer active in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

. In 1906 he was appointed to the

Darmstadt Artists' Colony The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony refers both to a group of Jugendstil artists as well as to the buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt in which these artists lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The artists were largely fi ...

, where he became the lead architect after

Joseph Maria Olbrich Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders. Early life Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic), the third child of Edmund and Aloisia O ...

's death (1908). In 1907 he was appointed a professor, and from 1907 to 1911 taught Applied Arts. In 1918 along with Kasimir Edschmid, Albinmüller was appointed the President of the newly created Art Council in Darmstadt. In 1926, Müller was appointed architect of the ''Deutsche Theaterausstellung'' in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label= Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Mag ...

. In 1934 he turned to landscape painting and also worked as a writer.

Buildings

* Garden pavilion on the III. German Art Trade Exhibition Dresden 1906 * Exhibition buildings for applied art and exhibition buildings for architecture at the Hessisches Landesausstellung 1908 in Darmstadt (not preserved) * Villa for the manufacturer W. Emmelius in

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg ( ksh, Bad Jodesbersch) is a borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of West Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are ...

, Rheinallee 32 (1910–1911) * Own dwelling house in Darmstadt on the

Mathildenhöhe The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony refers both to a group of Jugendstil artists as well as to the buildings in Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt in which these artists lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The artists were largely fi ...

, Nikolaiweg 16 (1911–1912, destroyed) * Residential house Ramdohr in Magdeburg (1911–1912) * Sanatorium Dr. Barner in

Braunlage Braunlage () is a town and health resort in the Goslar district of Lower Saxony in Germany. Situated within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken massif, Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly skiing. Nearby ski resorts includ ...

(Harz) (1908–1910 / 1911–1914) * Residential house Prof. Dr. Wedel in Magdeburg, Humboldtstraße 14 (1912) * Residential house Oppenheimer in Darmstadt, Paulusviertel, Roquetteweg 28 (1913–1914) * Tomb cock in Magdeburg (1913–1914) * Residential development on the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, Olbrichweg (1913–1914, destroyed) * Fountain and basin in front of the Russian chapel on the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt (1914) * Schwanentempel on the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt (1914) * Collapsible and transportable wooden house on the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt (1914; remaining unknown) * Crematorium in Magdeburg (1919) (?) * Double house "Neu-Ödernitz" (Holzfertteilhaus by Christoph & Unmack ) in

Niesky Niesky ( Sorbian and pl, Niska, cz, Nízké) is a small town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 9,200 (2020) and is part of the district of Görlitz. Historically considered part of Upper Lusatia, it was ...

, Christophstraße 11/13 (1921) * Conversion of a business building for the Deutsche Vereinsbank in Darmstadt, Neckarstraße (1923–1924) * Residential building (now "Bischof-Wienken-Haus") in Dresden, Tiergartenstraße 74 (1925–1926) * Viewpoint tower with café in Magdeburg, on the Elbinsel Rotehorn (1927) * Villa for Alois Winnar in Ústí nad Labem, Hanzlíčkova 4 (1930–1932)

Monuments

* Löwentor in Darmstadt (1914, 1927 changed and translocated) * Boelcke and War Memorial at the Ehrenfriedhof in Dessau (1921) (together with the sculptor Walter Kieser) * Horse gate in Magdeburg next to Stadthalle (1927)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Albin 19th-century German architects German designers 1871 births 1941 deaths 20th-century German architects Architects from Darmstadt