Max Ernst Haefeli
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Max Ernst Haefeli | |
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| Born | January 25, 1901 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Died | June 17, 1976 (aged 75) Herrliberg, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Architect |
Max Ernst Haefeli (25 January 1901 – 17 June 1976) was a Swiss architect, furniture designer, and co-founder of the Haefeli Moser Steiger (HMS) architectural firm. He subscribed to the New Building architectural school of thought in Switzerland.[1][2]
Haefeli studied architecture at ETH Zurich from 1919 to 1923, under Karl Moser. His graduation project was a design for the Zurich Enge railway station, developed along with fellow students Flora Crawford and Rudolf Steiger.[1]
After completing his training, Haefeli moved to Berlin for a year at the office of Otto Bartning.[3] He returned to Switzerland and worked with his father (Swiss architect Max Haefeli) at the firm of Pfleghard & Haefeli from 1924 to 1925.[1][3][4]
Career and notable works
Haefeli opened his own office in 1925, with his first commission being the design of a lakeside house for his aunt Maria Ritter in Erlenbach. In the late 1920s, he collaborated with Ernst Kadler–Vögeli and Swiss manufacturer Möbelfabrik Horgen-Glarus AG on furniture design. He outfitted part of publisher Hans Girsberger's bookshop in 1926.[4] Haefeli set up six model apartments in the Weissenhof estate for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's apartment building in 1927.[1]
In 1928, Haefeli and 28 prominent European architects of the time formed the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) in La Sarraz, Switzerland. The co-founders included Le Corbusier, Sigfried Giedion, Hendrik Berlage, Karl Moser, and his future business partner Werner M. Moser.[1][2][4]
From 1938 to 1939, Haefeli, Werner Moser, and garden architect Gustav Ammann designed the Allenmoos open-air swimming pool in Zurich (dubbed Parkbad). With other CIAM members, Haefeli designed the Neubühl housing estate in Wollishofen.[4] He contributed numerous furniture pieces to Wohnbedarf AG, a showroom run by Werner Moser, Rudolf Graber, and Sigfried Giedion from 1931 onwards.[1]