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Karl Egender (September 25, 1897, Burzweiler – September 18, 1969, Meilen) was a Swiss architect. Together with Adolf Steger, he led the architectural firm Steger and Egender, involved in the New Building movement in Zurich, from 1922 to 1932.




Education


Karl Egender grew up in Zurich. He completed an apprenticeship as a structural draughtsman with the Wassmer brothers in Zurich and then worked for a year in Biel. In 1920–1921, he attended lectures as a guest student under Paul Bonatz at the Stuttgart Technology University before becoming self-employed and forming a partnership with Adolf Steger.




Career


The two architects established themselves from the mid-1920s with larger construction projects, often resulting from competitions. Their main work was Commercial School and Museum of Applied Arts in Zurich, but also the Volkshaus Limmathaus, also located in the industrial district nearby.
Egender continued to run office for approximately four more decades, attracting many young architects who later pursued their own careers. In the 1930s, Wilhelm Müller was his partner. Collaborators included Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt and Bruno Giacometti. In the 1930s, notable works included the Hallenstadion in Oerlikon (1938–39), with its expansive steel structure creating the monumental effect of a sports palace, and the Johanneskirche in Basel, where the construction was also exposed. After World War II, Egender became a specialist in department store architecture.
Egender, who also emerged as a painter in his early years, was married to the painter Trudy Wintsch.




Selected works






= Buildings until 1932 by the Steger and Egender office

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1927: Special Exhibition for the Swiss Hospitality Industry, Zurich
1928–1931: Buildings in the Zurich Zoological Garden (demolished)
1929: Müller/Bänninger Duplex House, Wunderlistrasse, Zurich
1929–1930: Eglisee Housing Block, WOBA, Basel
1930: Beach Bath, Küsnacht
1930: Sponagel Bathhouse, Feldmeilen
1930–1931: Limmathaus, Zurich
1930–1933: Commercial School and Museum of Applied Arts, Zurich




= After 1932

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1934–1935: Albisriederhaus; Zurich Albisrieden with Wilhelm Müller
1934–1936: Johanneskirche; Basel with Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt
1935: Sculptor's Studio Bänninger; Zurich Hirslanden
1935: Allenmoos Open-Air Pool, Competition Project; Zurich Unterstrass with Wilhelm Müller (Extension 1999: Ueli Zbinden with Günther Vogt)
1936: Congress Hall, Competition Project; Zurich with Wilhelm Müller
1938–1939: Hallenstadion; Zurich Oerlikon with Burckhardt and Giacometti (Renovation 2005: Pfister Schiess Tropeano)
1939: Terrace Restaurant and Fashion Department, 1939 National Exhibition; Zurich (with Bruno Gicometti)
1939–1941: Baur's Building; Colombo
1944–1946: Sonnengarten Settlement; Zurich Albisrieden with Wilhelm Müller
1947–1948: Sihlgarten Business Building; Zurich
1951–1959: Breuninger Department Store; Stuttgart
1953–1956: Im Gut Housing Colony; Zurich Wiedikon and Albisrieden
1955: Modissa Business Building; Limmatquai, Zurich with Wilhelm Müller
1955: Engelhorn & Sturm Department Store; Mannheim
1959–1960: Luggweg Settlement; Zurich Altstetten with Wilhelm Müller
1960–1961: Globusprovisorium – Department Store Pavilion; Zurich
1962–1965: Stadthof 11 Hall Building; Zurich Oerlikon – Partial Demolition, Renovation 2004–2006 (EM2N)
1967: Globus Department Store; Zurich
1968–1969: Gebrüder Leffers Department Store; Faulenstraße 54–62, Bremen – Demolished around 2005




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