Prussian Academy of Building

The Prussian Academy of Building was a state institution with an advisory function that existed from 1880 until the dissolution of the Prussian state in 1947.

The Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering was founded by royal decree on May 7, 1880 as the successor to the Technical Building Deputation . It had the task of “representing the entire construction subject in artistic and scientific relationships, assessing important public construction companies, advising on the application of general principles in public construction, appraising new proposals in artistic, scientific and structural engineering relationships and dealing with further training to employ the Baufaches. "Organizationally, it was divided into the division for the construction and the division of engineering and mechanical engineering , have been appointed to each ordinary and extraordinary members.

The academy was administratively subordinate to the Prussian Ministry of Public Works , which was supposed to advise it "on questions of public construction of outstanding importance". The ministry could request expert reports for this purpose, but the academy was allowed to take its own initiative. In the years from 1900 to 1910 the Prussian Academy of Building produced a total of 68 reports. In 1912/1913 she was involved in the ultimately unsuccessful planning for the New Royal Opera House in Berlin .

After 1933 the academy lost its importance, and the successor to this was the Deutsche Bauakademie (DBA) , founded in East Berlin in 1951 .

literature

The Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 14, 1880, No. 85 (from October 23, 1880), p. 455 f. / No. 87 (of October 30, 1880), p. 465 f.
Ministry of Public Works (ed.): The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910. Julius Springer, Berlin 1911, p. 4 f.
Fifty years of the Academy of Civil Engineering. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 50, 1930, No. 19 (from May 14, 1930), pp. 345–353.
Eckart Henning : The Academy of Building. In: Mitteilungen des Verein für die Geschichte Berlins , 77th year 1981, pp. 289–305.

Individual evidence

^ The Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 14, 1880, No. 85 (from October 23, 1880), p. 455.
^ ^A ^b The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910. Julius Springer, Berlin 1911, p. 4.
^ The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910 , p. 5.

[1] The Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 14, 1880, No. 85 (from October 23, 1880), p. 455.

[MdöA1911-2] A ^b The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910. Julius Springer, Berlin 1911, p. 4.

[3] The administration of public works in Prussia 1900 to 1910 , p. 5.