Paul Baumgarten
*5. 5. 1900 – Sovětsk, Russia
†8. 10. 1984 – Berlin, Germany
Biography
Paul Gotthilf Reinhold Baumgarten was a German architect and professor at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He was born in East Prussian Tilsit (now Russian Soviet). From 1919 to 1924, he studied architecture at technical universities in Gdańsk and Berlin, then worked in the Berlin office of Mebes&Emmerich. From 1928, he became increasingly occupied with his own projects until he established his own practice in 1932. From 1934, he worked as the head of the construction department of the company Müllabfuhr, for which he designed a waste processing station in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which was one of the most convincing examples of the modernist movement of Neuen Bauens during the National Socialist period. From 1937 to 1945, he was the head of the construction firm Philipp Holzmann, and from 1942, he was also a professor at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin, for which he designed a concert hall in 1953. He was also responsible for the reconstruction of the Berlin Reichstag. His realization of the Eternit House as part of Interbau 1957 also attracted significant attention.
Paul Gotthilf Reinhold Baumgarten was a German architect and professor at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin. He was born in East Prussian Tilsit (now Russian Soviet). From 1919 to 1924, he studied architecture at technical universities in Gdańsk and Berlin, then worked in the Berlin office of Mebes&Emmerich. From 1928, he became increasingly occupied with his own projects until he established his own practice in 1932. From 1934, he worked as the head of the construction department of the company Müllabfuhr, for which he designed a waste processing station in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which was one of the most convincing examples of the modernist movement of Neuen Bauens during the National Socialist period. From 1937 to 1945, he was the head of the construction firm Philipp Holzmann, and from 1942, he was also a professor at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin, for which he designed a concert hall in 1953. He was also responsible for the reconstruction of the Berlin Reichstag. His realization of the Eternit House as part of Interbau 1957 also attracted significant attention.
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