Bruno Möhring
| Bruno Möhring | |
|---|---|
_Bruno_M%C3%B6hring.JPG) |
|
| Born |
11 December 1863 Königsberg, East Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 25/26 March 1929 (aged 65) Berlin, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Anna nee Burghardt (1866–1939) |
| Children | four |
| Parent(s) | Karl Theodor Moehring and Maria Dorothea Möhring (Kretschmann) |
Bruno Möhring (11 December 1863 – 25/26 March 1929) was a German architect, urban planner, designer and a professor in Berlin. He was one of the most important architects of the Jugendstil style in Germany. He received his education at the Berlin Institute of Technology.
Möhring was born on 11 December 1863, at Königsberg (East Prussia) to Karl Theodor Möhring and Maria Dorothea Kretschmann Möhring (Kretschmann). His father was an accountant and attorney. After completing the gymnasium in Königsberg, Möhring spent a year training as an apprentice to a builder. He then studied architecture at the Berlin Institute of Technology. His tutors at the institute were Hermann Ende, Carl Schäfer, Johannes Otzen and Johann Eduard Jacobsthal (well known as the architect of major bridges). As part of his training in architecture, Möhring toured Italy and places of medieval German architecture in Nuremberg. His visit to Italy helped him to gain knowledge of the historical development of architecture.
Möhring, who was more interested in practical than theoretical aspects of architectural design, started his career as a staff architect with the Berlin Offices for Civil Engineering. Here, between 1888 and 1890, he honed his skills in construction and material technology. He then launched his own business and specialized initially in architectural decoration of iron structures, particularly bridges.
In 1907, the Berlin Architects Association invited architects to submit plans for the development of Berlin's public buildings. Bruno and his associate Rudolph Eberstadt submitted a proposal for an imperial forum in which the Ministry of War building was proposed opposite to the Reichstag, which was symbolic “of the army and the people, the true bearers of German greatness and power unified in the monuments of architecture”. In 1910, apart from bridges, he became associated with urban planning, working in Greater Berlin with associates, Rudolf Eberstadt and Richard Petersen. He and his colleagues developed plans for the Südgelände in Schöneberg and the central district of Berlin-Treptow.
...
Wikipedia