Reconstruction of corner of Schinkel’s Bauakademie (Building Academy) in Mitte,Berlin, Germany. Original building designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Reconstruction of corner of Schinkel’s Bauakademie (Building Academy) in Mitte,Berlin, Germany. Original building designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel & built 1832-1836 The Building Academy (Bauakademie) was built between 1832 and 1836 and is considered to be a forerunner of modern architecture due to the unusual use of red brick and the unfussy facade of the building. It was designed by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and housed two royal Prussian institutions: the State Construction Commission (Schinkel was the director and the Building Academy (institution which became the Royal Technical High School in 1879 (Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg) and was the forerunner of the Technical University of Berlin. It was a higher education school for the art of building to train master builders. The building was damaged during World War II and thereafter partially restored. In 1962 the building was demolished to make room for the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Germany. In 1995, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Germany was demolished to recreate the Werderscher Markt area. There have been proposals to rebuild the Bauakademie that would house an architecture museum and possibly a Mercedes-Benz research institute In 2000 to 2001 students erected a temporary structure to give an impression of the volume and form of the building.
Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: Mitte,Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Eden Breitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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