Paul Troost
Paul Ludwig Troost ( born August 17, 1878 in Elberfeld, † January 21, 1934 in Munich) was a German architect. Among other things, he built from 1933 the " Fuhrer " on the Place Royal in Munich and was responsible for the rebuilding of the " Brown House " in Munich.
Life
Troost studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt Architecture, where he was also a student of Prof. Karl Hofmann; after graduation, he worked at his brother, the Konsistorialbaumeister Ludwig Hofmann and from about 1900 as an office manager at Martin Dülfer in Munich. As of 1904 ( according to other sources: 1906), he worked as an independent architect in Munich. Troost was also a member of the Deutscher Werkbund. Between 1912 and 1930 he taught a number of transatlantic fast steamer for the North German Lloyd, a collaboration that was due to the cooperation of the shipping company with the German Werkbund. He was significantly involved in the interior design of Cecilienhof in Potsdam.
Elsa and Hugo Bruckmann it, which gave the private contact between Troost and Adolf Hitler in the autumn of 1930 were. Troost was before Albert Speer, Hitler 's favorite architect, for he calls the " leader Apartment " rebuilt in the old Reich Chancellery in Berlin from 1933. This Troost handle many back to style elements and motifs of his steamer facilities and a monumentalised Art Deco.
Troost was with the also deceased in 1934 Ludwig Ruff far more than Albert Speer influential for the architectural language of the "Third Reich". His most famous building is the posthumously completed " House of German Art " (now " House of Art " ) was in Munich, the venue of the Great German Art Exhibition.
Posthumously Troost was honored with the 1937 donated the German National Prize for Art and Science. His widow Gerdy Troost still had a great influence on the architecture in National Socialism and Hitler received in 1943 by an endowment of 100,000 Reichsmarks.
Troost's grave is located at the Munich North Cemetery.