Paul Engelmann

Paul Engelmann
Born(1891-06-14)14 June 1891
Olmütz, Austria-Hungary
Died5 February 1965(1965-02-05) (aged 73)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationArchitect
Known forBuilding the Stonborough House
Friendship with Ludwig Wittgenstein

Paul Engelmann (14 June 1891 – 5 February 1965) was an architect who worked in Olmütz (Olomouc) and in Vienna and is now best known for his friendship with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein between 1916 and 1928, and for being Wittgenstein's partner in the design and building of the Stonborough House, in Vienna.[1] His Letters from Ludwig Wittgenstein With a Memoir was translated by L. Furtmüller and published in 1967 by Basil Blackwell.[2]

  1. ^ Leitner, Bernhard. The Wittgenstein House, Princeton Architectural Press (2001)
  2. ^ The memoir is reprinted in F. A. Flowers III and Ian Ground, eds., Portraits of Wittgenstein, ch. 20 (2015) [1999], and Portraits of Wittgenstein: Abridged Edition, ch. 13 (2018). Bloomsbury Academic.