Karl Egender
*25. 9. 1897 – Mulhouse, France
†18. 9. 1969 – Meilen, Switzerland
Biography
Karl Egender was a Swiss architect and a representative of the so-called New Building (Neues Bauen), who from 1922 to 1932 led the office Steger und Egender together with Adolf Steger, working on projects primarily acquired through competitions. He grew up in Zurich, where he first apprenticed as a draftsman under the Wassmer brothers in Zurich and subsequently was a guest student of Paul Bonatz at the Technical University of Stuttgart from 1920 to 1921, but ultimately completed his studies without a diploma. From the 1930s, he led an independent practice for four decades that attracted a number of young creators who later became famous (Wilhelm Müller, Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt, Bruno Giacometti). After World War II, he became a specialist in department stores. At the beginning of his career, he also appeared in public as a painter. He was married to the painter Trudy Wintsch.
Karl Egender was a Swiss architect and a representative of the so-called New Building (Neues Bauen), who from 1922 to 1932 led the office Steger und Egender together with Adolf Steger, working on projects primarily acquired through competitions. He grew up in Zurich, where he first apprenticed as a draftsman under the Wassmer brothers in Zurich and subsequently was a guest student of Paul Bonatz at the Technical University of Stuttgart from 1920 to 1921, but ultimately completed his studies without a diploma. From the 1930s, he led an independent practice for four decades that attracted a number of young creators who later became famous (Wilhelm Müller, Ernst Friedrich Burckhardt, Bruno Giacometti). After World War II, he became a specialist in department stores. At the beginning of his career, he also appeared in public as a painter. He was married to the painter Trudy Wintsch.
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