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Ernst Haiger (10 June 1874 – 15 March 1952) was a German architect. ==Life and career== Haiger was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He studied at the Technical University in Munich, under professors Josef Bühlmann, August Thiersch and Friedrich von Thiersch. The latter was his most important teacher who also promoted him. In his younger years, Haiger was already a successful architect. Still a student, he entered a draft for the Leipzig Battle of Nations Monument which successfully reached the competition's short list.〔''Deutsche Konkurrenzen'', 7. Jahrgang 1897, Heft 1 (= Nr. 73), p. 23〕 His drafts for villas and interior room decoration were displayed at the Munich Glass Palace Exhibition in 1898 and attracted a lot of attention. He had designed them with Henry Helbig, with whom he shared a studio, working together until about 1903. As from 1905 he worked for the Munich Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk (United Workshops for Arts in Handcrafts). In 1920 the reorganisation of this society was given into his hands, along with Rudolf Alexander Schröder and Paul Ludwig Troost. In 1917 the Bavarian king awarded him the title of professor. Orders for his work became less after the First World War. After 1933, in the course of Hitler's plans to redesign Munich, Haiger - member of the Nazi Party NSDAP since 1932〔Ernst Klee: ''Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945.'' S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 212.〕 - received several commissions for work, thanks to the protection of his friend Troost's widow, who had great influence on Hitler. The large projects - theater and concert hall - were never built. However, he created the interior design for the officers' mess in the “Führer-Building“ at Königsplatz, the bar and pub in the art exhibition building called Haus der Kunst, as well as the city's Guest House Representation Rooms. In 1938 the German Pavilion for the Biennale in Venice was reconstructed according to his drafts. After the end of the war Haiger lived in Wiesbaden and designed there a few more smaller buildings, without ever setting up another office again. Haiger died in Wiesbaden on 15 March 1952. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernst Haiger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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