Hans Scharoun

Hans Scharoun (1966)
Berliner Philharmonie

Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect He designed the Berliner Philharmonie (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the Schminke House in Löbau, Saxony. He was important in organic and expressionist architecture.

Awards and prizes

  • 1954 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin
  • 1954 Fritz Schumacher Prize, Hamburg
  • 1955 Berlin Arts Prize
  • 1958 Bronze plaque of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg
  • 1959 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[1]
  • 1962 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Berlin
  • 1964 Grand Prize of the Association of German Architects (Großer BDA Preis)
  • 1965 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Rome
  • 1965 Auguste Perret Prize
  • 1969 Honorary citizen of Berlin
  • 1970 Erasmus Prize[2]

Work

  • A house called Die Wohnung (The dwelling) for the Werkbund exhibition at the Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, (1927)
  • Men's hostel for the Werkbund exhibition called Wohnung und Werkraum (Dwellings and Workspaces), Wrocław, (1929)
  • Apartments at Kaiserdamm, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1928/29)
  • Apartments at Hohenzollerndamm, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, (1929/30)
  • Town planning and housing design at Großsiedlung Siemensstadt, (1929–31)
  • The Schminke house, Löbau/Sachsen, (1933)
  • The Baensch house, Berlin-Spandau, (1935)
  • The Hoffmeyer house, Bremerhaven, (1935)
  • The Moll house, Berlin-Grunewald, (1936)
  • The Mohrmann house, Berlin-Lichtenrade, (1939)
  • Romeo & Julia, high rise apartments, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, (1954–59)
  • Charlottenburg-Nord, housing development, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1955–60)
  • Girls School (now a comprehensive school) "Geschwister-Scholl-Schule", Lünen, (1956–62)
  • Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1957–63)
  • Salute, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof, (1961–63)
  • Main and primary school, Marl, (designed in 1960, completed in 1971)
  • Institutes of the faculty for architecture of the Technical University, Berlin, (1962–70)
  • Rauher Kapf, residential district Böblingen, (1965)
  • Orplid, high-rise apartments, Böblingen, (1971)
  • Embassy building for the Federal Republic of Germany, Brasília, (1964–71)
  • City Theatre, Wolfsburg, (1965–73)
  • Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (German maritime museum), Bremerhaven, (1970–75)
  • State library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1964–79)
  • Competition – Prenzlau Cathedral Square, 1st Prize, (1919)
  • Competition – German hygiene museum, Dresden, (1920)
  • Competition – Multistorey building at Friedrichstraße station, Berlin, (1922)
  • Competition – Münsterplatz Ulm, (1925)
  • Competition – Town hall and Exhibition spaces, Bremen, (1928)
  • Competition – Liederhalle concert hall, Stuttgart, 1st Prize, (1949)
  • Competition – American Memorial Library, Berlin, (1951)
  • Design for a primary school, Darmstadt, (1951)
  • Competition – Land development, Isle of Helgoland, (1952)
  • Competition – Theater, Kassel, 1st Prize, (1952)
  • Competition – National Theater, Mannheim, 3rd Prize, (1953)

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogus Professorum". TU Berlin (in German). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Scharoun". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 13 October 2023.

Sources

(in English)
  • Bürkle, J. Christoph: "Hans Scharoun", Studio Paperback, Birkhäuser, Basel 1993, ISBN 3-7643-5581-6
  • Genovese, Paolo Vincenzo, "Hans Scharoun, Scuola a Lünen", Testo & Immagine, Torino, 2001.
  • Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun — a monograph", 1978, ISBN 0-900406-57-7
  • Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun", London 1993/1997, ISBN 0-7148-2877-7 (Hardback) ISBN 0-7148-3628-1 (Paperback)
  • Jones, Peter Blundell; "Hans Scharoun: Buildings in Berlin", 2002, ISBN 0-9714091-2-9
  • Kirschenmann, Jörg C. und Syring, Eberhard: "Hans Scharoun", Taschen Basic Architecture, Taschen, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-8228-2778-9
(in German)
  • Barkhofen, Eva-Maria: Hans Scharoun – Architektur auf Papier. Visionen aus vier Jahrzehnten (1909–1945), Berlin Munich 2022, ISBN 978-3-422-98763-0
  • Bürkle, J. Christoph: "Hans Scharoun und die Moderne — Ideen, Projekte, Theaterbau", Frankfurt am Main 1986
  • Janofske, Eckehard: "Architektur-Räume, Idee und Gestalt bei Hans Scharoun", Braunschweig 1984
  • Jones, Peter Blundell: "Hans Scharoun — Eine Monographie", Stuttgart 1980
  • Kirschenmann, Jörg C. und Syring, Eberhard: "Hans Scharoun — Die Forderung des Unvollendeten", Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-421-03048-0
  • Pfankuch, Peter (Hrsg.): "Hans Scharoun — Bauten, Entwürfe, Texte", Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Künste Band 10, Berlin 1974, Neuauflage 1993, ISBN 3-88331-971-6
  • Ruby, Andreas und Ilka: Hans Scharoun. Haus Möller. Köln 2004.
  • Syring, Eberhard und Kirschenmann, Jörg C.: "Hans Scharoun — Außenseiter der Moderne", Taschen, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-8228-2449-6
  • Wendschuh, Achim (Hrsg.): "Hans Scharoun — Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Texte", Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Künste Band 22, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-88331-972-4
  • Wisniewski, Edgar: "Die Berliner Philharmonie und ihr Kammermusiksaal. Der Konzertsaal als Zentralraum", Berlin 1993
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