Joseph Kornhäusel
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Josef Georg Kornhäusel (13 November, 1782, in Vienna
Vienna
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 - 31 October, 1860, in Vienna) was an Austria
Austria
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n architect of the first half of the 19th century. He primarily employed the contemporary style of Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...

, moving to the Biedermeier style in his later oevre.

Kornhäusel was court architect to Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, for whom he had built palaces, theaters and garden pavilions.

Major works

  • Domestic architecture: Numerous apartment buildings and villas in Vienna
    Vienna
    Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

     and Baden
    Baden bei Wien
    -Points of interest:The town offers several parks and a picturesque surrounding, of which the most frequented is the Helenental valley. Not far from Baden, the valley is crossed by a widespread aqueduct of the Vienna waterworks...

  • Theater in der Josefstadt
    Theater in der Josefstadt
    The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna...

    , 1822
  • Interior of the museum Albertina
    Albertina, Vienna
    The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings...

    , 1822
  • Stadttempel
    Stadttempel
    The Stadttempel is the main synagogue of Vienna, Austria. It is located in the 1st District , at Seitenstettengasse 4.-History:...

    , the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Vienna, 1824-1826
  • Extension to the Schottenstift, 1826-1832
  • Extension of the château in Hnojník
    Hnojník
    is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Stonávka River. It has a population of 1,446 ; 11.5% of the population are Poles.- History :...

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