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Fritz Eckert | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 25 April 1852
Died | 6 March 1920 67) Stockholm, Sweden | (aged
Fritz Herman Vilhelm Eckert, (25 April 1852 - 6 March 1920) was a Swedish architect. [1]
Fritz Herman Vilhelm Eckert was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts from 1871 to 1878 and spent 1879 travelling abroad. He was employed as an architect by the Swedish public construction service (Överintendentsämbetet) in 1878 and was made a curator of this service in 1904. From 1880 he lectured at the Stockholm-based KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Eckert designed Curmanska Villan at Floragatan (1880), Royal Stables in Stockholm (1895), Antuna Gård in Upplands Väsby (1881), YWCA building in Stockholm (1905) and the Mariestad City Library (1895–96) as well as contributing to numerous church restorations. [2] [3] [4]
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This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.