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Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen

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César Ritz, Max Pfyffer, and Auguste Escoffier
Grand National Hotel

Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen (also known as Max Alphons Pfyffer; 12 October 1834, in Altishofen – 12 January 1890, in Lucerne) was a Swiss architect, hotelier and military Chief of Staff. He built the Grand Hotel National, which his father-in-law owned.[1] He hired César Ritz to manage it. His son Hans Pfyffer took over management of the hotel in 1890 after Ritz had left Lucerne for London to manage the Savoy Hotel.[2]

Selected works

  • Luzernerhof Hotel, Lucerne, 1864–65
  • Plan for an avenue to the Lion Monument, Lucerne 1865
  • Project for a museum on the alpine road in 1866
  • Hotel National, Lucerne
  • Plans for the Kursaal, Lucerne. 1868
  • Plans for the Gotthard fortress, concept design, design from 1886

References

  1. ^ White, Arthur S. (March 1970). Palaces of the people: a social history of commercial hospitality. Taplinger. p. 160.
  2. ^ "Grand Hotel National Lucerne". The Most Famous Hotels in the World. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  • Jochen Hesse: Pfyffer von Altishofen, Alphons Maximilian. In: "Isabelle Rucki und Dorothee Huber" (Hrsg.): Architektenlexikon der Schweiz - 19./20. Jahrhundert. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2. S. 420 (in German)
  • N.N.: Oberst Alphons Pfyffer von Altishofen (Nekrolog). In: Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitung. 36 (56), Nr. 3, 1890, S. 17–21 (in German)
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