Lothar Haselberger

Lothar Haselberger (* in the 20th century) is a German building researcher .

Life

After attending grammar school in Ettal Abbey and grammar school near St. Stephan in Augsburg , Lothar Haselberger studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1967 to 1976 , and in 1974 he spent a Fulbright scholarship at Harvard University . During his studies he already specialized in ancient building history with Gottfried Gruben and has been working on his research on the archaic architecture of the Cyclades on Naxos and Paros since 1970 . In 1978/1979 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . During his fellowship trip, he discovered the previously overlooked ancient architectural drawings at the Temple of Apollo in Didyma , which he then researched on behalf of the German Archaeological Institute . From 1984 to 1989 he received a research grant from the DFG . It was in 1985 at the Technical University of Munich with a thesis on Tower Homesteads of Hellenism in the Cyclades doctorate . From 1989 to 1991 he was an assistant at the University of Karlsruhe . Since 1991 he has been professor of Roman architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . From 1993 to 2004 he was the scientific director of the restoration work at the Temple of Apollo in Didyma. In 1994 he discovered architectural drawings for the front of the Pantheon at the Augustus mausoleum in Rome.

Lothar Haselberger's main research area is the theory and practice of ancient architecture and urban planning. In addition to his investigations into ancient architectural drawings, research into the topography of ancient Rome is one of his fields of work. Haselberger has been a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute since 1988.

Publications (selection)

• The architectural drawings of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma . In: Architectura. Volume 13, 1983, pp. 13-26.
• Fortified tower houses in Hellenism on the Cycladic islands of Naxos, Andros and Keos . Dissertation, TU Munich 1985.
• A plan view of the pantheon's vestibule. The cracks in front of the Augustus mausoleum . In: Communications of the German Archaeological Institute, Roman Department . Volume 101, 1995, pp. 279-308.
• as editor: Appearance and essence. Refinements of Classical Architecture - Curvature. Proceedings of the Second Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture held at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 2-4, 1993 . University Museum, University of Pennsylvania 1999, ISBN 0-924171-76-6 .
• as editor: Mapping Augustan Rome (= Journal of Roman Archeology, Supplementary series. Volume 50). Journal of Roman Archeology, Portsmouth RI 2003.
• with John H. Humphrey as editor: Imaging Ancient Rome. Documentation - Visualization - Imagination. Proceedings of the Third Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture, Rome, on May 20-23, 2004 (= Journal of Roman Archeology, Supplementary series. Volume 61). Journal of Roman Archeology, Portsmouth RI 2006, ISBN 1-887829-61-X .
• Urbem adornare. The city of Rome and its transformation under Augustus / Rome's urban metamorphosis under Augustus (= Journal of Roman Archeology, Supplementary series. Volume 64). Journal of Roman Archeology, Portsmouth RI 2007, ISBN 1-887829-64-4 .
• The horologium of Augustus. Debate and context (= Journal of Roman Archeology, Supplementary series. Volume 99). Journal of Roman Archeology, Portsmouth RI 2014, ISBN 978-0-9913730-3-1 .

Web links

• Website at the University of Pennsylvania