Carl von Gontard is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Carl von Gontard as German architect (1731-1791).
Carl von Gontard was born at Mannheim in 1731. His recorded nationality is Germany.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
His best-known building is Brandenburg Gate. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
That the work was built in Germany shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Carl von Gontard died in 1791, aged 60. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Brandenburg Gate
