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Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff, he was considered the most important architect of the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

It too was modified in 1785 by Carl von Gontard, who built the domed tower. The German Church was completely destroyed by fire in 1945, during World War II . After German reunification it was rebuilt, finished in 1993 and re-opened in 1996 as a museum of German history.

Carl von Gontard (January 13, 1731 in Mannheim – September 23, 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect; he worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth . He modified the original Deutscher Dom and Französischer Dom cathedrals in Berlin and added the domed towers.

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Carl von Gontard (born January 13, 1731 in Mannheim; died September 23, 1791 in Wrocław) was a German architect; he worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth. Carl von Gontard. German architect (1731-1791)

Carl von Gontard (January 13, 1731 in Mannheim – September 23, 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect; he worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth. He modified the original Deutscher Dom and Französischer Dom cathedrals in Berlin and added the domed towers.

Designed by the architects Georg Christian Unger and Carl von Gontard, the palace was modeled after the Baroque Palazzo Barberini in Rome.