Heino Schmieden was a German

Germany

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 architect

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Biography

Schmieden was born in Soldin, New March (modern Myślibórz, Poland)
In 1866 Schmieden graduated from the renowned Bauakademie

Bauakademie

The Bauakademie in Berlin, Germany, built between 1832 and 1836, is considered one of the forerunners of modern architecture due to its theretofore uncommon use of red brick and the relatively streamlined facade of the building.Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the Bauakademie was built near...

 in Berlin with a diploma in architecture

Architecture

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. Even during his last year at the school he had been continuing his studies with trips to France, England and Italy.

With high artistic aspirations he produced plans for museums, hospitals, monuments and villas in addition to conceiving numerous residence and office buildings. Until Martin Gropius

Martin Gropius

Martin Carl Philipp Gropius was a German architect.- Life :Gropius studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin and after graduation worked as a private architect...

' death in 1880, he and Schmieden worked together to develop their architecture firm, Fa. Gropius & Schmieden, into one of Berlin's greatest. The firm continued to produce great work thereafter as Schmieden teamed up with such notable architects as Robert Speer

Robert Speer

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, Victor von Weltzien and Julius Boethke to run it.

The present-day Martin Gropius Bau

Martin Gropius Bau

Martin-Gropius-Bau, originally a museum of applied arts and a listed historical monument since 1966, is a well-known Berlin exhibition hall located at Niederkirchnerstraße 7 in Berlin-Kreuzberg.- History and architecture :...

 in Berlin was built in 1881 based on plans by Schmieden and Martin Gropius

Martin Gropius

Martin Carl Philipp Gropius was a German architect.- Life :Gropius studied at the Bauakademie in Berlin and after graduation worked as a private architect...

 as an applied art museum. It was constructed in the style of the Italian Renaissance

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 and has a central atrium. Mosaic

Mosaic

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s with allegories from various ages and the coats of arms

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 of german states decorate the spaces between windows.

In 1881 he became a member of the Berlin Bauakademie followed by his admittance in 1887 to the Akademie der Künste

Akademie der Künste

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He is buried in the Alter St. Matthäus Kirchhof in the Schöneberg

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neighborhood of Berlin.