Architect. Born in Vienna. Emigrated to NZ 1939. Husband of Anna (formerly Lang, née Schwitzer; 1895-1983). Worked in the Housing Corporation on Government State Housing projects; also had private practice. Designed many prominent buildings and residences in Wellington (Massey House, Lambton Quay; Dixon Street Flats (with Gordon Wilson); Sutch house, Brooklyn; Lang house, Karori; Khan house, Ngaio; Cashmere Avenue School Community Hall (demolished 2001); 39 Cheviot Road, Lowry Bay). Returned to Austria to become professor in architecture 1968. While in New Zealand, he spelled his name as Plishke; his partnership with Cedric Firth was in the name of Plishke and Firth.
Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992: [Drawings and plans of Tasman memorial, Ligar Bay. 19...
Date: 1941-1942
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: Plans-80-1123/1126
Description: Ground and elevation plans prepared by E A Plischke. Also includes lettering design by Janet Paul (Plans-80-1123-1). An additional tracing paper sheet with pencilled lettering is Janet Paul's design for the lettering on the memorial. (Plans-80-1123-1) Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: 3 ink; 1 ink and watercolour, 1 pencil on tracing paper, sizes vary.
House designed by E A Plischke for D Winn, Walter Road, Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hu...
Date: 1965
From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives
Reference: PAColl-7208-07-08
Description: Interior and exterior views of the house designed by Ernst Anton Plischke circa 1959-1962 for David or Davis Winn at Walter Road, Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, taken in 1965 by John Ashton. Source of descriptive information - Possible first names for D Winn, and address of house, provided by Library client. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-200771 to 200789 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s).
Massey House album
Date: Between 1955 and 1957
Reference: PA1-q-160
Description: Photographs showing all the stages of construction of Massey House, from a view of the site (undated), photographs beginning on 4th February 1955, finishing in October 1957, exterior only. Building designed by Ernst Plischke and Cedric Firth, built by Cubitt, Wells, for the New Zealand Dairy Board, opened by the Right Honourable Keith Holyoake. At the end of the album is a page with acknowledgements by the contractors for the work done by sub-contractors. Inscriptions: Album page - `This album was presented by the contractors, A.G. Wells Ltd. (Cubitt, Wells Ltd.) to the New Zealand Dairy Board on the occasion of the official opening of "Massey House" by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable K.J. Holyoake on the 4th October, 1957' Physical Description: Album with textured black, entitled `1957 Massey House', inserted in black container; 27.5 x 32.5 cm
Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington
Date: 1941
From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: 35mm-35602-F
Description: Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington, designed by Ernst Plischke. Photograph taken in 1941 by Irene Koppel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative
Exterior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington
Date: 1941
From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: 35mm-35607-F
Description: Exterior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington, designed by Ernst Plischke. Photograph taken in 1941 by Irene Koppel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative
Brown, Rachel :Photographs of community hall, Cashmere Terrace, Khandallah
Date: 1960s
By: Brown, Rachel, active 1990s-2022
Reference: PAColl-5519
Description: Hall designed by Ernst Plischke. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).
Ernst Plischke, Architiect. Presented by the New Zealand Institute of Architects. City ...
Date: 2004
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992; Cochran, Christopher, 1945-
Reference: ArtEph-2004-P-02
Description: An overview of the life and work of the Austrian architect who resided in New Zealand between 1939 and 1963, written by Linda Tyler. The exhibition was organised in association with the Akademie der bildenden Kunste (Academy of Fine Arts) Vienna, and the Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot (Imperial Furniture Collection) Vienna. Includes a list of the public events programme accompanying the exhibition. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s) Exhibition flier folded in three. Physical Description: Offset print on paper, 295 x 407 mm
John Ashton Photographs of Cashmere Community Centre
Date: 1952-1952
From: Cashmere Community Centre (Khandallah, Wellington): Photographs
By: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010; Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: PAColl-10455
Description: Collection of nine black and white photographic prints mounted on display board showing both interior and exterior views of the Cashmere Community Centre in Khandallah, Wellington, by John Ashton, dated circa 1952. One of the images features children in a space decorated with toys and furniture. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on board. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, 12.2 x 9.8 cm and 9.8 x 12.2 cm, mounted on display board 31 x 51.4 cm.
Parsons Bookshop (Wellington, N.Z.) :Parsons. A message to all our customers ... A litt...
Date: 2014
By: Parsons Bookshop (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-A-BOOKSELLER-Parsons-2014-01
Description: Pamphlet issued to customers who bought material during Parsons Bookshop's closing-down sale, 1 February - 14 March 2014. Shows photographs of the interior of the shop (in the Massey House building designed by Ernst Plischke), one of the exterior from Lambton Quay, reproductions of two covers of "Parsons packet", and text with an account of the shop's 66-year history, written by Julian Parsons. Julian and his sister Beatrice were about to retire. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 210 x 147 mm.
Ernst Plischke, Architiect. Presented by the New Zealand Institute of Architects. City ...
Date: 2004
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992; Cochran, Christopher, 1945-
Reference: ArtEph-2004-P-02-2
Description: An overview of the life and work of the Austrian architect who resided in New Zealand between 1939 and 1963, written by Linda Tyler. The exhibition was organised in association with the Akademie der bildenden Kunste (Academy of Fine Arts) Vienna, and the Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot (Imperial Furniture Collection) Vienna. Includes a list of the public events programme accompanying the exhibition. Duplicate copy of ArtEph-2004-P-02, which has a different provenance. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s) Exhibition flier folded in three. Physical Description: Offset print on paper, 295 x 407 mm
Architectural matters
Date: [1952-1957]
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers
Reference: 96-145-2/02
Description: Comprises excerpts from diaries of A Ernst Plischke, R Fantl and Cedric Firth for work on house in Mitchell Street and Todman Street, Brooklyn, accounts for work completed and other papers (L) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Hitchings, Michael Garnstone, 1924- :Photographs of furniture designed by Ernst Plischk...
Date: Between 1949 and 1951
By: Hitchings, Michael Garnstone, 1924-2010
Reference: PAColl-7793
Description: Photographs of furniture designed by Ernst Plischke and exhibited at Helen Hitchings Gallery in Bond Street, Wellington, taken between 1949 and 1951 by Michael Hitchings. Helen Hitchings' Gallery operated between 1949 and 1951. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-47282 to 47284 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips with 5 images. 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington
Date: 1941
From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: 35mm-35606-F
Description: Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington, designed by Ernst Plischke. Photograph taken in 1941 by Irene Koppel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative
Houses designed by E A Plischke for W B Sutch and H G Lang, Wellington
Date: 1962
From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives
Reference: PAColl-7208-04-58
Description: Interior and exterior views of the Wellington houses designed by Ernst Anton Plischke, for Henry George Lang and William Ball Sutch, taken in 1962 by John Ashton. Sutch house on Todman Street, Brooklyn. Lang house on Hatton Street, Karori. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-199941 to 199951 Quantity: 11 b&w original negative(s).
E A Plischke - Meat Board office, Thompson Ngaio, Todman Street
Date: 1963
From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives
Reference: PAColl-7208-05-15
Description: Photographs of the Meat Board office, Thompson Ngaio and Todman Street, designed by Ernst Anton Plischke, taken in 1963 by John Ashton. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-200136 to 200144 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s).
Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington
Date: 1941
From: Koppel, Irene, 1914-2004 :Photographic prints, albums and negatives taken by Irene Koppel
By: Plischke, Ernst Anton, 1903-1992
Reference: 35mm-35610-F
Description: Interior of the Kahn house, Ngaio, Wellington, designed by Ernst Plischke. Photograph taken in 1941 by Irene Koppel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose nitrate negative, 35mm
House building papers
Date: 1955-1957
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers
Reference: 96-145-2/03
Description: Comprises records of builders Lawrence and Mechaelis who built Sutch's house at 79A Todman St, Brooklyn and includes work diaries, statements of accounts, correspondence and samples (part of L) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
House building papers
Date: [1954-1956]
From: Sutch, William Ball (Dr), 1907-1975 : Papers
Reference: 96-145-2/04
Description: Comprises mostly papers relating to the employment of Lawrence and Mechaelis as building contractors on the house Sutch was having built to Plishke's design and includes specifications, reports on progress, statements of accounts, correspondence and other papers (part of L) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Page, Evelyn, 1899-1988 :"Lambton Quay, Wellington, early 1950s". Original oil painting...
Date: 1983 - 1950 - 1955
By: Page, Evelyn Margaret, 1899-1988; Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Page-1983-01
Description: Greeting card from Fred Page to Dorothy and Laurence Brown, accompanied by obituary cuttings about Fred Page. Card illustration is a painting by Evelyn Page. Fred Page comments: "This painting was done from outside the old French Maid Coffee shop; it upset Ernst Plischke because it made Lambton Quay beautiful". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded card, 210 x 150 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Rachel Brown, Wellington, in 2005.
McIntosh, Doris (Lady), fl 1934-1979 :Photographs of Wellington, Ernst Plischke and Sir...
Date: 1871, 1953 and 1957
By: McIntosh, Doris Hutchinson (Lady), 1909-1989; Hardie Shaw Studios
Reference: PAColl-4483
Description: View of Thorndon from Tinakori Hill in 1871 showing Molesworth Street with the Hotel Princess on the left, the "native hostel" on the right and ships in the harbour beyond (taken by Hardie Shaw Studios); Ernst Plischke; and Sir Roy and Lady Nora Price, the British High Commisioner and his wife, arriving for the opening of parliament in 1953 (photograph signed by them). Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).