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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

1781–1841 · Prussian architect and planner · Prussia

Bio

Leading German Neoclassical architect who shaped civic architecture and architectural education.

Key works

Altes Museum

THE RETHINK

Karl Friedrich Schinkel helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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