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    Carl Gotthard Langhans (15 December 1732 – 1 October 1808) was a Prussian master builder and royal architect. His churches, palaces, grand houses, interiors...
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  • Carl Langhans may refer to: Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808), Prussian master builder and royal architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans (1782–1869), his son...
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    William II of Prussia, based on designs by the royal architect Carl Gotthard Langhans. The bronze sculpture of the quadriga crowning the gate is a work...
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  • Langhans is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808), Prussian architect Carl Ferdinand Langhans...
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    designed in the early Neoclassical style by the architects Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans. Despite the name, brick is the main material. The palace...
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    designing theaters. Born in Breslau, Silesia, Langhans was the son of the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans. Langhans' designs included the reconstruction of...
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    Berlin. His teachers in architecture were Friedrich Becherer and Carl Gotthard Langhans. Gilly enjoyed drawing lessons with Christian Bernhard Rode, Johann...
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    his functional style. Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (1788–1791) by Carl Gotthard Langhans Karlsruhe Pyramid (1823–1825) and City Church (1807–1816), Karlsruhe...
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    Darius in Susa. In the 18th century, the Athenian Propylaea inspired Carl Gotthard Langhans in construction of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Portal (architecture)...
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    designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans, in the grounds beyond the Carp Pond. The building was used as a teahouse and as a viewing-tower. Langhans also designed...
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    original decoration is a ballroom on the upper floor designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the architect of the Brandenburg Gate. The palace is surrounded...
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    Neoclassical Brandenburg Gate was completed in the early 1790s by Carl Gotthard Langhans. Until 1814, the square was known simply as Quarrel or Direct (the...
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    façade of the building Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (1788–1791) by Carl Gotthard Langhans Pyramid (1823–1825) and City Church (1807–1816) in Karlsruhe by...
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    Palace") was a work of early Classicism following plans by Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans, the latter primarily responsible for the interior work...
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    founded in 1698. MLU's historical observatory, built in 1788 by Carl Gotthard Langhans. MLU is enclosed by a variety of research institutions, which have...
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    17 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (b. 1755) October 1 – Carl Gotthard Langhans, German architect (b. 1732) October 9 – John Claiborne, American...
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    The earliest Greek building was the Brandenburg Gate (1788–91) by Carl Gotthard Langhans, who modelled it loosely on the Propylaea in Athens. Ten years after...
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    Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and completed by Carl Gotthard Langhans in 1791, is arguably one of the most famous monuments of classicism...
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  • (1772–1800) Carl von Gontard (1731–1791) Leo von Klenze (1784–1864) Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808) Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841) – also a painter...
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    Neoclassical style erected according to plans designed by Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans, which was finished in 1793. Other structures within...
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    constructed between 1790 and 1792 under the supervision of master builder Carl Gotthard Langhans, with Andreas Ludwig Krüger carrying out the construction. In the...
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    architectural taste in Prussia was shaped in Neoclassical style, mainly by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the architect of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. After returning...
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    suburb, was destroyed by fire in 1817. It had been designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans, and was inaugurated on 1 January 1802. The new hall was designed...
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    astronaut Hubert Hurkacz, tennis player Lech Janerka, musician Carl Gotthard Langhans, architect Alfred Kerr, German-Jewish critic Hedwig Kohn, notable...
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    previous church. Protestant church. Designed in the years 1785-1788 by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the founder of the Berlin Brandenburg Gate Mausoleum in Wałbrzych...
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    proponent of modernism Carl Ferdinand Langhans (1782–1869), a Prussian architect whose specialty was theatres. Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732–1808), a Prussian...
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    Abraham van der Hart, 1789 Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany, by Carl Gotthard Langhans, 1791 Empress Joséphine's Bedroom in Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison...
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    Warren Hastings, British administrator (d. 1818) December 15 – Carl Gotthard Langhans, German architect (d. 1808) December 21 – Johann Christian Wiegleb...
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    Carl Maria von Weber to conduct the Breslau Opera when he was only 18. The opera house was constructed in 1841 to designs by Carl Gotthard Langhans,...
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    The village houses a Protestant church designed in 1796-1797 by Carl Gotthard Langhans, which is currently undergoing renovation overseen by the Your Heritage...
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