Hans Poelzig
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Hans Poelzig (1927)
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| Born |
30 April 1869 Berlin |
| Died | 14 June 1936 (aged 67) Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
I.G. Farben Building |
| Projects |
Palace of the Soviets |
I.G. Farben Building
Großes Schauspielhaus
Palace of the Soviets
League of Nations
Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter and set designer.
Poelzig was born in Berlin in 1869 to Countess Clara Henrietta Maria Poelzig (daughter of Alexander von Hanstein, Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf) while she was married to George Acland Ames, an Englishman. Uncertain of his paternity, Ames refused to acknowledge Hans as his son and consequently he was brought up by a local choirmaster and his wife. In 1899 he married Maria Voss with whom they had four children.
Hans Poelzig was buried in the Old Cemetery in Berlin-Wannsee.
On 18 November 2015, Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin inaugurated a memorial at Friedrichstraße 107 dedicated to the theatre’s founders, Max Reinhardt, Hans Poelzig and Erik Charell.
In 1903 he became a teacher and director at the Breslau Academy of Art and Design (Kunst- und Gewerbeschule Breslau; today Wrocław, Poland). From 1920-1935 he taught at the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Hochschule Berlin). Director of the Architecture Department of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.
After finishing his architectural education around the turn of the century, Poelzig designed many industrial buildings. He designed the 51.2 m tall Upper Silesia Tower in Posen (today Poznań) for an industrial fair in 1911. It later became a water tower. He was appointed city architect of Dresden in 1916. He was an influential member of the Deutscher Werkbund.
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