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Friedrich Gilly (1772—1800) Quick Reference (1772–1800). Son of David Gilly, he learned practice and theory with his father in Stettin (now Szczecin), and in 1788 settled in Berlin. He developed his skills while also acting as Inspector in the Royal Buildings Department aged only 16, where he worked under Erdmannsdorff and Langhans.

Friedrich Gilly built little, dying in 1800, but he left some remarkable designs that justify his central place in German Neoclassicism. His project for a monument to Frederick the Great (1797) consisted of a raised Greek Doric temple on a geometric substructure surrounded by obelisks… Read More

Friedrich David Gilly was a German architect and the son of the architect David Gilly. His works are influenced by revolutionary architecture . Born in Altdamm, Pomerania, , Gilly was known as a prodigy and the teacher of the young Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

This volume seeks to afford new access to Friedrich Gilly's ideas on architecture by presenting for the first time annotated English translations of his four published essays and the unpublished descriptions of his proposed memorial to Frederick the Great.

Essays on Architecture, 1796-1799. Translated by David Britt. When Friedrich Gilly died in 1800 at age twenty-eight, his architectural career had spanned less than a decade and construction of his major designs was incomplete.

Gilly, Friedrich (1772–1800) German architect. Source: The Oxford Companion to Architecture Author(s): Albert NarathAlbert Narath. Gilly’s profound influence on German architecture was based on the power and inventiveness of his architectural renderings, rather than his ...

Gilly, Friedrich views 1,938,509 updated Gilly, Friedrich (1772–1800). Son of David Gilly, he learned practice and theory with his father in Stettin (now Szczecin), and in 1788 settled in Berlin. He developed his skills while also acting as Inspector in the Royal Buildings Department aged only 16, where he worked under Erdmannsdorff and Langhans.

Friedrich Gilly Getty Publications, Sep 13, 1994 - Architecture - 240 pages When Friedrich Gilly died in 1800 at age twenty-eight, his architectural career had spanned less than a decade and...