Carl Busse (master builder)

Carl Busse (born September 22, 1834 in Berlin ; † December 3, 1896 there ; full name: Carl Johann Otto Busse ) was a German architect and Prussian construction clerk .

Life

Carl Busse was born in Berlin as the son of the architect Carl Ferdinand Busse . After graduating from the French school and a business education at the textile manufacturer Prätorius and limbers in Luckenwalde put buses at the Berlin Academy of Architecture , the Bauführerexamen from.

He gained practical experience with the construction of the National Gallery and the repair of the Halberstadt Cathedral from 1858 and as a construction manager under Ferdinand von Arnim . After graduating as a master builder in 1863 and receiving the Schinkel Prize , Busse traveled to Italy for six months to study. From 1863 on, Busse again directed the repair work on Halberstadt Cathedral. After the German-Danish War , he married Gustav Klamroth's sister in 1865 .

After relocating to Berlin, Busse headed the expansion of the Royal Prussian State Printing House in order to head it from 1866 as deputy director and - from 1872 - as director. The Staatsdruckerei was incorporated into the newly founded Reichsdruckerei (predecessor of today's Bundesdruckerei ) in 1879 .

In 1872 Busse was appointed to the Secret Government Council and in 1886 to the Secret Upper Government Council. In 1895 he retired.

Carl Busse died in Berlin in 1896 at the age of 62 and was buried in the Friedrichswerder cemetery on Bergmannstrasse , where his parents had also found their final resting place. The graves have been preserved.

Buildings and designs (selection)

1862: House at Regentenstrasse 3
1862–1863: Residence at Regentenstrasse 20
1862–1865: residential buildings at Regentenstrasse 23/24, together with his father Carl Ferdinand Busse
1879–1881: Reichsdruckerei building , Oranienstrasse 90/91
1881–1883: Reconstruction of Britz Castle
1888: Britz village church
1889–1893: Extension of the Reichsdruckerei, Alte Jakobstrasse 113–116

Awards

Schinkel Prize

Memberships

Member of the Berlin Architects' Association (from 1857)
Member of the technical deputation for trade
Non-permanent member of the patent office (from July 1, 1877)
Member of the Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering

literature

General artist lexicon (AKL). The visual artists of all times and peoples. Volume 15, KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Georges Fouré
^ Chronicle of the Federal Printing Office ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
^ Berliner Tageblatt , December 3, 1896, evening edition.
^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 97.
^ Britzer Schloss ( Memento from April 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Buses, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Busse, Carl Johann Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and Prussian building officer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 1896
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Georges Fouré

[2] Chronicle of the Federal Printing Office ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Berliner Tageblatt , December 3, 1896, evening edition.

[4] Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 97.

[5] Britzer Schloss ( Memento from April 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )