August Orth
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. He was employed by the Strousberg
Bethel Henry Strousberg
Bethel Henry Strousberg was a Jewish industrialist and railway entrepreneur in Germany during its rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century...
family to provide architectural service for their private accommodation and business ventures. Orth was born in Windhausen
Windhausen
Windhausen is a municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
near Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
and died in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Selected works
- Palais StrousbergPalais StrousbergThe Palais Strousberg was a large city mansion built in Berlin, Germany for the railway magnate Bethel Henry Strousberg. It was designed by the architect August Orth and built between 1867–68 at No.70 Wilhelmstraße...
, Berlin - Renovations to Castle Zbirow, ZbirohZbirohZbiroh is a town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic. It lies some to the east-northeast from the region capital of Pilsen.Zbiroh is also a Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the Rokycany Municipality with Extended Competence....
- Berliner Viehmarkt, Berlin
- Gethsemane ChurchGethsemane ChurchGethsemane Church is one out of four church buildings of the Evangelical Northern Prenzlauer Berg Congregaton , a member of the Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia....
, Berlin - Görlitzer BahnhofGörlitzer BahnhofGörlitzer Bahnhof was the name of the Berlin railway terminus for the mainline link between the capital, Cottbus in Brandenburg and Görlitz in Lower Silesia...
, Berlin - Kaiserbahnhof HalbeKaiserbahnhof HalbeKaiserbahnhof Halbe is a railway station on the main line between Berlin, which begins at the Gorlitzer railway station, to Cottbus in Brandenburg and on to Görlitz in Saxony...
, Berlin - Emmauskirche in Lausitzer Platz, Berlin