Sequin and Knobel, or Séquin and Knobel, were a Swiss firm of architects notable for the design of industrial building such as
cotton mill
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Although some were driven ...
s and
weaving shed
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s. It was formed in 1895. The partners were Carl Arnold Séquin and Hilarius Knobel. Together they were responsible for over 250 industrial buildings.
Partners
Carl Arnold Séquin-Bronner (born 25 January 1845 in
Uznach
Uznach is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
History
Uznach is first mentioned in 741 as ''Uzinaa'' in a grant from a noble lady at Benken Abbey to the Abbey of Saint ...
; died 25 November 1899 in
Rüti ZH Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word , meaning " clearing", is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It can refer to the following:
*Rüti, Glarus in Glarus
*Rüti, Zürich in Zürich
*:Rüti Reformed Chu ...
).
Hilarius Knobel (born 1854
Glarus
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) was the son of the architect, Hilarius Knobel (born 4 February 1830 in
Schwändi; died 25 February 1891 in Zürich) who was practising in Zürich in 1859.
Buildings
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Mechanische Baumwollspinnerei und Weberei Augsburg (TIM) In 1895/98 they extended the existing factory, by the
Proviantbach in
Augsburg
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, adding a weaving shed for 640
automatic looms and a four storey spinning mill containing 42 000 spindles.
*Die
Rote Fabrik
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am Zürichsee (
Zürich-Wollishofen)
*Kammgarn Fabriksgebäude Spinnereistraße 10 in
Hard
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Arts and entertainment
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,
Vorarlberg
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Industrial Revolution
Swiss families
Swiss architects
History of the textile industry
Rüti, Zürich
Swiss companies established in 1895