Peter Grund
*15. 11. 1892 – Pfungstadt, Germany
†26. 1. 1966 – Darmstadt, Germany
Biography
Peter Grund was a German architect and university educator whose life is connected with the Hesse city of Darmstadt. He was born in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt, where he later studied architecture under Arthur Wienkoop at the State School of Architecture. As a soldier, he participated in the First World War and subsequently worked in the office of the Darmstadt architect Friedrich Pützer. From 1919 to 1922, he taught at the State School of Architecture in Darmstadt. From 1923 to 1933, he co-led his own architectural studio Pinno und Grund in Dortmund with Karl Pinn, which received numerous awards in architectural competitions. In 1934, Grund moved to Düsseldorf, where he became a professor at the art academy and also the head of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts. From 1935 to 1937, he was a member of the NSDAP, where he served as a consultant for urban development. In 1937, after a dispute with the cultural policy of the NSDAP, he was dismissed from the Düsseldorf academy, retired, and worked as an independent architect in Düsseldorf until 1943. He then lived in Miltenberg on the Main until the end of the war. From 1946 to 1948, he was a member of the Office for Church Construction and Church Art in Westphalia. From 1947 to 1959, he served as the chief construction director in Darmstadt while also running his own architectural practice there.
Peter Grund was a German architect and university educator whose life is connected with the Hesse city of Darmstadt. He was born in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt, where he later studied architecture under Arthur Wienkoop at the State School of Architecture. As a soldier, he participated in the First World War and subsequently worked in the office of the Darmstadt architect Friedrich Pützer. From 1919 to 1922, he taught at the State School of Architecture in Darmstadt. From 1923 to 1933, he co-led his own architectural studio Pinno und Grund in Dortmund with Karl Pinn, which received numerous awards in architectural competitions. In 1934, Grund moved to Düsseldorf, where he became a professor at the art academy and also the head of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts. From 1935 to 1937, he was a member of the NSDAP, where he served as a consultant for urban development. In 1937, after a dispute with the cultural policy of the NSDAP, he was dismissed from the Düsseldorf academy, retired, and worked as an independent architect in Düsseldorf until 1943. He then lived in Miltenberg on the Main until the end of the war. From 1946 to 1948, he was a member of the Office for Church Construction and Church Art in Westphalia. From 1947 to 1959, he served as the chief construction director in Darmstadt while also running his own architectural practice there.
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