Bettina Schlorhaufer: Ludwig Brothers - Between Wagner-School, Eclecticism and Early Modernism

Although they left an impressive body of architectural works behind, the activities of the brothers Alois (1872–1969) and Gustav Josef Ludwig (1876–1952) are hardly known outside South Tyrol. Originally from Brno, they studied under Otto Wagner as well as in the USA, and opened offices in Munich and Bolzano. As the Ludwig Brothers (Brüder Ludwig) they realized numerous villas before the First World War, e.g. for Thomas Mann in Munich. In Vienna, they built a large administrative building and in South Tyrol remarkable Grand Hotels. In 2022, original plans by the Ludwig Brothers were rediscovered by the project applicant.