Heinrich Hübsch was a German

Germans

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 architect. After studies in Heidelberg

Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg

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 (1813–15) and at Friedrich Weinbrenner

Friedrich Weinbrenner

Friedrich Weinbrenner was a German architect and city planner admired for his mastery of classical style.- Birth and education :...

's school of architecture in Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

 (1815-17) he traveled extensively in Greece

Greece

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 and Italy

Italy

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 (1817-24). In 1831 he was appointed Oberbaurat (inspector of buildings) at Karlsruhe. He designed many churches and other public buildings, mainly in Baden

Baden

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, and is also known for his writings.

In his book In welchem Style sollen wir bauen? (In which style should we build?, 1828) he distanced himself from Weinbrenner's neoclassical style

Neoclassical architecture

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. Die altchristlichen Kirchen (Karlsruhe, 1862) is a work on basilican architecture, published also in French

French language

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 as Monuments de l'architecture chrétienne.

Hübsch is credited with creating the Rundbogenstil

Rundbogenstil

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 architectural style.

Buildings

• Polytechnical School
  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is a German academic research and education institution with university status resulting from a merger of the university and the research center of the city of Karlsruhe. The university, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825...
  
  , main building, Karlsruhe
  Karlsruhe
  The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
  
  , 1833–1835
• Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
  The Staatliche Kunsthalle is an art museum in Karlsruhe, Germany.The museum, created by architect Heinrich Hübsch, opened in 1846 after nine years of work in a neoclassical building next to the Karlsruhe Castle and the Karlsruhe Botanical Garden...
  
  , 1836–1846
• Kassel Synagogue
  Kassel Synagogue
  The Kassel Synagogue was a synagogue built in Kassel, Hesse in 1839. It was the first Rundbogenstil synagogue....
  
  , 1839
• Trinkhalle
  Trinkhalle (Baden-Baden)
  The Trinkhalle in the Kurhaus spa complex in Baden-Baden, Germany was built 1839–42 by Heinrich Hübsch in a complementary architectural style as the spa's main building. The 90-metre arcade is lined with frescos and benches...
  
  , Baden-Baden
  Baden-Baden
  Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
  
  , 1839–1842
• Bruchsal
  Bruchsal
  Bruchsal is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany...
  
   penitentiary, 1841–1848
• Karlsruhe Botanical Garden
  Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe
  The Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe is a municipal botanical garden located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged...
  
  , plant houses, 1853–1857
• Speyer Cathedral
  Speyer Cathedral
  The Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bamberg. The cathedral, which is dedicated to St...
  
  westwerk, 1854–1858

External links

• Heinrich Hübsch at the SAAI