Wilhelm Böckmann

William Boeckmann ( born January 29, 1832 in Elberfeld, † 22 October 1902 in Berlin) was a German architect.

Life

In his birthplace Elberfeld Boeckmann was educated at the town's high school, interrupted by an apprenticeship as a carpenter. Then Boeckmann began in 1854 at the Berlin Building Academy his studies, which he completed in 1859 with the first state examination ( " Bauführerprüfung "). For his excellent exam result, he received a prize which enabled him and his friend Hermann enabled end, a long time to go on study tours.

On his return to Berlin he founded together with Hermann end under the name Boeckmann end and one of the first large architectural offices in Berlin. Only then laid Boeckmann and end from their second state examinations ( "Builder test ").

Boeckmann was founded in 1869 for many years Chairman of the Architects Association in Berlin, and was appointed in 1902 as an honorary member.

The architectural firm end and Boeckmann, in which other architects like Rudolf Schilling temporarily worked, became world famous and was dissolved in 1895, when the founders sat to rest.

Work

1866/1867 Boeckmann founded together with colleagues from the German Bauzeitung. 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. Also 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.

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Honors

1881 Boeckmann was awarded the title of a ( Royal Prussian ) Commissioner of City Planning. The Boeckmann Bridge in Berlin -Zehlendorf was named after him.