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Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732—1808) Quick Reference (1732–1808). German architect from Silesia (now in Poland), he became Oberbaurat (Chief Building Officer) in Breslau (now Wrocław), designing a number of Palladianesque buildings influenced by Erdmannsdorff's work at Schloss Wörlitz.

Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732-1808): Prussian Neoclassical Architect, Famous For Brandenburg Gate, Inspired by Athenian Propylaea: Designed German National Theatre Potsdam European Architecture Series Carl Gotthard Langhans Biography of German Neoclassical Architect. MAIN A-Z INDEX- A-Z of ARCHITECTURE Brandenburg Gate, Berlin (1789-94)

Carl Gotthard Langhans (* 15. Dezember 1732 in Landeshut, Schlesien; † 1. Oktober 1808 in Grüneiche bei Breslau) war ein deutscher Baumeister und zählt zu den bedeutendsten Architekten Berlins. Seine Werke gehören zu den frühesten Bauten des Klassizismus in Deutschland. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist das Brandenburger Tor in Berlin . Inhaltsverzeichnis

Other articles where Carl Gotthard Langhans is discussed: Western architecture: Germany: …he called to Berlin were Carl Gotthard Langhans and David Gilly, who, with Heinrich Gentz, created a severe but inventive style in the 1790s that was indebted to Ledoux as well as to Johann Winckelmann’s call for a return to the spirit of ancient Greek arch...

Dec 15, 1732 - Oct 1, 1808 Carl Gotthard Langhans was a Prussian master builder and royal architect. His churches, palaces, grand houses, interiors, city gates and theatres in Silesia, Berlin,...

Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808) was a Prussian master builder and royal architect. He is the architect of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a major German landmark. For many years Langhans was the head of the building authority of the Prussian province of Silesia (now Poland).

Carl Gotthard Langhans was a Prussian master builder and royal architect. His churches, palaces, grand houses, interiors, city gates and theatres in Silesia , Berlin, Potsdam and elsewhere belong to the earliest examples of Neoclassical architecture in Germany. His best-known work is the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, national symbol of today’s Germany and German reunification in 1989/90.