Architectural sketchbook
Architectural Sketchbook was a German architecture magazine, published from 1852 to 1886 by Ernst & Korn in Berlin .
The full title was Architectural Sketch Book. A collection of country houses, villas, rural buildings, garden houses, garden ornaments, grilles, bay windows, balconies, flower windows, fountains, fountains, courtyard buildings, enclosing walls, candelabras, grave monuments and other small buildings that are used to beautify buildings, and in Berlin, Potsdam , and in other places. With details .
As can be seen from the detailed title, in addition to the usual villas and apartment buildings, more subordinate buildings and components were also published. In contrast to the competing magazine Architektonisches Album published by the Architects' Association in Berlin , the contributions were published without an explanatory text.
The individual booklets each contain six copperplate engravings and occasional chrome lithographs . 6 issues were published per year, a total of 201 by the time it was discontinued in 1886. The contributions reflect the development of architecture in Berlin and Potsdam from the Schinkel School to historicism .
Authors (selection)
There are u. a. Contributions from the architects
- Ferdinand von Arnim
- Ludwig Persius
- Friedrich August Stüler
- Carl Schwatlo
- Martin Gropius
- Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse .
Examples of engravings and lithographs from the Architectural Album
Gatekeeper house, Park Glienicke, Berlin
Canary bird house, Glienicke Palace, Berlin
Residential house, Bellevuestr. 7, Berlin
General view of the Villa Liegnitz, Potsdam
Garden view of the Villa Liegnitz, Potsdam
