Franz Heep
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July 24, 1902
Franz Heep | |
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| Born | Adolf Franz Heep July 24, 1902 |
| Died | April 3, 1978 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | Frankfurt School of Arts and Crafts, École Spéciale d'Architecture |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Edifício Itália |
Adolf Franz Heep (July 24, 1902 – April 3, 1978) was a German-Brazilian architect. He is known for his work in São Paulo in the 1950s and 1960s, the period of verticalization of the city. His signature work is Edifício Itália, once the tallest building in the city of São Paulo at 165 metres (541 ft). It was designated a landmark building by the city of São Paulo in 1992.[1] Heep also worked as an educator at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo and later for the United Nations.[2][3]
Adolf Heep was born in Fachbach, Rhineland-Palatinate on July 24, 1902. He studied architecture at the Kunstschule, Frankfurt am Main, which like the Bauhaus implemented reforms in the teaching of art and architecture. Heep was a pupil of Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, with whom he later worked in Frankfurt between 1924 and 1928.[4] He finished his education at École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. In this period Heep saw the construction of buildings in the neighborhoods of Höhenblick and Römerstadt using industrialized construction methods such as prefabricated panels and standardized window frames, both of which became part of his later works. Heep moved to Paris in 1928 where he worked with Le Corbusier for four years. While in Paris, Heep developed vertical apartment buildings for middle-class residents in partnership with the Polish architect Jean Ginsberg (1905–1983).[2][4]
