Leo Kammel
*15. 3. 1885 – Kamenický Šenov, Czech Republic
†25. 7. 1948 – Wien, Austria
Biography
Leo Kammel was an Austrian architect who came from a glassmaking family. He studied under Jan Kotěra at the Prague AVU from 1905 and primarily worked in Vienna from 1913, where he taught at the Technical University starting in 1929. He designed a number of family and apartment houses. Initially influenced by classicism, he later embraced cubism, expressionism, and functionalism. His father, Willibald Kammel Sr., was a glass entrepreneur, his older brother, Willibald Kammel Jr., was the director of the Vienna Bundeslehrerakademie, and his son, Leo Jr. (1922-1974), was also an architect.
Leo Kammel was an Austrian architect who came from a glassmaking family. He studied under Jan Kotěra at the Prague AVU from 1905 and primarily worked in Vienna from 1913, where he taught at the Technical University starting in 1929. He designed a number of family and apartment houses. Initially influenced by classicism, he later embraced cubism, expressionism, and functionalism. His father, Willibald Kammel Sr., was a glass entrepreneur, his older brother, Willibald Kammel Jr., was the director of the Vienna Bundeslehrerakademie, and his son, Leo Jr. (1922-1974), was also an architect.
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