Emil Förster von

The son of the architect behind Brno’s and Vienna’s ring roads, Ludwig von Förster – who had been raised into the nobility – Emil von Förster attended an academic gymnasium in Vienna and, upon graduation, studied architecture at the Berlin Academy. In 1860, he joined his father’s architecture studio, which he took over after Ludwig’s death in 1863. After undertaking a study trip to Tuscany, he returned to Vienna in 1866, where he and his brother Heinrich took over management of the important architecture magazine Allgemeine Bauzeitung, which had been founded by their father. In 1895, the emperor appointed him to the board of the Ministry of the Interior’s department of civil engineering, where he founded an architecture studio that drafted plans for important construction projects throughout the monarchy. He was also active as an independent architect, designing a number of public and private buildings, especially in Vienna but also in other parts of Austria-Hungary.

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Architect
Emil Förster von

Date of birth
1838 Vídeň

Deceased
1909 Vídeň