Bernhard Kolscher

Bernhard Friedrich Daniel Kolscher (born March 6, 1834 in Königsberg ; † June 7, 1868 in Berlin ) was a German architect .

Career

Kolscher was the son of a directorate. He attended secondary school in Königsberg, from 1844 also received drawing lessons from Knorr and from 1850 onwards, under the influence of his uncle, the court goldsmith G. Bussler, created numerous craft designs. After graduating from high school, he did brief military service, but was dismissed early due to a physical defect and did an apprenticeship with master builder Ulrich in Königsberg. In 1854 he came to Berlin to study at the Bauakademie . In 1855 he traveled to Holland and Spain and, after passing his building management exam, from 1856 worked with Heinrich Strack at the Kronprinzenpalais and in 1860/61 with Hermann Waesemann . In 1857 he became a member of the architects' association . In 1862 he took his master builder exam and then worked as a private builder in Waesemann's studio, with whom he also went on a trip to Italy. He took over the drafts for the interior design of the town hall . In addition, he was an assistant teacher at the Academy for Designing Buildings from 1864 to 1866 . On January 12, 1868 he was appointed head of the composition class at the school that later became the Museum of Applied Arts , but died a few months later.

Works

• 1857/58: Head of interior design at Palais Arnim-Boitzenburg , Berlin-Mitte, Pariser Platz 4 (design by Eduard Knoblauch )
• 1859/60: Construction management Villa Pflug , Berlin, Alt-Moabit 117/118 (together with Gustav Knoblauch , design by Eduard Knoblauch)
• 1860–1868: Interior design of the Red City Hall in Berlin
• 1864: House of the Craftsmen's Association , Berlin-Mitte, Sophienstrasse 15 (together with Heinrich Lauenburg ) and interior fittings of the Duncker House , Berlin, Potsdamer Strasse 20

Publications

• Bernd Schälicke: The drawings of the Berlin architect Bernhard Kolscher (1834–1868): The holdings in the Berlin Art Library (published by the Berlin Art Library) . Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-7861-1238-X .

literature

• Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 43, 44 .
• Uwe Kieling: Berlin building officials and state architects in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1986, p. 214, 215 .

Web links

• Bernhard Kolscher: Ptojects. In: Architekturmuseum TU Berlin. Retrieved April 12, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernhard Friedrich Daniel Kolscher. In: Catalogus Professorum. TU Berlin, accessed on April 12, 2020 .