of Edouard Wyttenbach
Edouard Wyttenbach (1887 - 1981) was one of the old school Anchor friends. He became an Anchor apprentice (Lehrling) in 1924; a journeyman in 1928; a young master in 1929 and a master in 1930. Between 1939 and 1977 Wyttenbach recorded 67 designs, which he labeled Opus. The first 13 -- 1939 - 1942 -- were built with the 3,848 stones of a # 34, Lyck. He added stones until his collection totaled some 8,000 stones. Today, his son-in-law, Ernst Born of Basel, Switzerland, has his collection and continues his tradition of both building with Anchor stones and recording the designs for future builders. Ernst Born has published a book showing all 67 of the Wyttenbach designs.
This picture shows Opus # 4, a monument hall (Gedenkhalle), from 1940.
The use of four Gothic arches to create attractive windows is most interesting.
Note the use of Gothic arch parts to create the arches over the main
entrance. Anchor Gothic arches are arc sections, so the arches created
in this manner are perfectly smooth curves.
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A side view of Opus 4.
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Lake View (Seeblick) Villa, Opus 6, 1942. The use of the red stones
in most attractive. The Tudor style (Fachwerk) highlights are
excellent, as is the projecting tower.
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A close-up of the tower and Tudor style construction.
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