Hermann Ende

Hermann Ende ( born March 4, 1829 in Landsberg on the Warta River; † 10 August 1907 in Wannsee; Complete name: Hermann Gustav Louis end ) was a German architect and professor at the Technical University ( Berlin ) Charlottenburg.

Life

End studied 1852-1857 at the Berlin Academy of Architecture. In 1859 he passed the architect test. Immediately thereafter, he started his own business with his partner William Boeckmann. The architectural firm end and Boeckmann existed until 1895 and was one of the leading offices in Berlin. Temporarily worked there also the Dresden architect Rudolf Schilling.

Since 1874, the end was a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. In 1878 he became a professor at the Berlin Academy of Architecture and the Technical University of Charlottenburg. From 1895 to 1904 was president of the Academy of Arts.

End was connected to the large merchant family Ravené. For Louis Frederic Jacques Ravené he developed the plans to build the ruins of Cochem Castle. His daughter Martha Helene Wilhelmine married his son, Louis Auguste Ravené; yet in 1900 he built the couple a villa in Wannsee.

Work

Hermann Ende was co-editor of the Handbook of architecture. The focus of the creation of the end and Boeckmann had villas in the Berlin district of Tiergarten, especially in the diplomatic quarter. Few of these buildings have survived the Second World War. Furthermore, planned and justified it to build the Potsdamer residential district Neubabelsberg. Noteworthy were the various buildings for the Berlin Zoo. End and Boeckmann built numerous buildings around the world and talked at times even a branch office in Japan.

In Japan, they got the order for the Parliament, Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court building. The first draft was rejected by the government in 1889, as to Japanese ( Japonism ). However, according to their plans, they could finish only the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Parliament during a temporary building was made ​​of wood and her contract was terminated prematurely due to high costs in 1890.

Buildings and designs

Honors

On May 2, 1883 he was awarded the Medal for Merit to the construction industry " in silver ". and 1891, the Order Pour le Mérite ( Peace Class ) awarded.

End received an honorary grave in the New Cemetery Wannsee. The end street in Berlin -Wannsee is named after him.