Ferdinand Fellner

For the 19th century German painter, see Ferdinand Fellner (painter).

Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer.

Ferdinand Fellner (April 19, 1847 – March 22, 1916) was an Austrian architect. Along with Hermann Helmer, he designed several theatres and palaces across Europe in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Fellner was born in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna University of Technology, but did not graduate there.

He died at Vienna in 1916.

Buildings

Original design of the Rijeka theatre's west façade (1882).

Odessa Opera Theater.

Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia, Bulgaria

Oradea National Theatre, Romania

Slovak National Theatre (as "Königliches Freistädtisches Theater", 1886), Bratislava

Austria

• Palais Lanckoronski, Vienna
• Volkstheater, Vienna
• Konzerthaus, Vienna
• one of the Palais Rothschild, Vienna
• Stadttheater in Berndorf
• Opernhaus in Graz
• Stadttheater in Klagenfurt
• Landestheater in Salzburg
• Akademietheater, Vienna
• Neues Wiener Stadttheater, Vienna
• Ronacher, Vienna
• Stadttheater, Vienna
• Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna
• Theater an der Wien, Vienna

Bulgaria

• Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia

Croatia

• Art Pavilion in Zagreb
• Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
• Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin
• Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka

Germany

• Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (1894)
• Komische Oper Berlin in Berlin

Hungary

• Vígszínház in Budapest
• Szeged National Theatre

Romania

• Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
• Iaşi National Theatre
• Oradea National Theatre
• Timişoara National Theatre

Slovakia

• Slovak National Theatre (as "Königliches Freistädtisches Theater", 1886), Bratislava

Switzerland

• Zurich Opera House (1891), Zurich
• Tonhalle (1895), Zurich

Ukraine

• George Hotel in Lviv, Ukraine
• Chernivtsi (Romanian: Cernăuţi) National Theatre
• Odessa Opera Theater in Odessa, Ukraine

Czech Republic

• Colonnade Park (Czech: Sadová kolonáda) in Karlovy Vary
• Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary
• Hotel Slovan (as "Hotel Waldeck", 1893) in Plzeň
• Imperial bath (Bath I) (Czech: Císařské lázně (Lázně I)) in Karlovy Vary
• Mahen Theatre (Czech: Mahenovo divadlo) in Brno
• Market Colonnade (Czech: Tržní kolonáda) in Karlovy Vary
• Prague State Opera (Czech: Státní opera, as "Neues Deutsches Theather", 1887) in Praha
• Theatre (Czech: Městské divadlo) in Jablonec nad Nisou
• Theatre (Czech: Městské divadlo) in Karlovy Vary
• Theatre (Czech: Městské divadlo) in Mladá Boleslav
• Theatre (Czech: Městské divadlo, as "Stadttheater", 1883) in Liberec

Legacy

Adolf Hitler was quite fond of the two architects' designs. (See Nazi architecture)

Sources

• "Theatres built by Fellner & Helmer". andreas-praefcke.de. http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/list_fellner_helmer.html. Retrieved 2006-07-30. 

Further reading

• "Ferdinand_Fellner_d._J.". German Wikipedia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Fellner_d._J.. Retrieved 2006-07-30.  (German)
• "Büro Fellner & Helmer". German Wikipedia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCro_Fellner_&_Helmer. Retrieved 2006-07-30.  (German)

See also: Fellner