August Pieper (architect)
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August Pieper was a German architect, active in Dresden
, Cologne
and Hamburg
. His brother was the engineer Carl Pieper (1842–1901), who also lived and worked in Hamburg in the 1880s.
under Friedrich von Schmidt
, through whose efforts Pieper moved to Dresden in 1867. There Pieper designed the Christuskirche in Freital-Deuben, then All Saints Church
and several villas on the city's Goethestraße (now Gret-Palucca-Straße). In 1873 he moved to Cologne and in 1879 to Hamburg.
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
and Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. His brother was the engineer Carl Pieper (1842–1901), who also lived and worked in Hamburg in the 1880s.
Life
He studied at secondary school and the university in his birthplace, before studying at the Vienna University of TechnologyVienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...
under Friedrich von Schmidt
Friedrich von Schmidt
Friedrich von Schmidt was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna....
, through whose efforts Pieper moved to Dresden in 1867. There Pieper designed the Christuskirche in Freital-Deuben, then All Saints Church
All Saints Church, Dresden
All Saints Church was a Church of England church on Wiener Straße, Ecke Beuststraße, in Dresden. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic.- History :...
and several villas on the city's Goethestraße (now Gret-Palucca-Straße). In 1873 he moved to Cologne and in 1879 to Hamburg.
Works
- 1867: Draft design of the Christuskirche in Freital-DeubenDeuben (Freital)Deuben is a municipal subdivision of Freital in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It consists of two other villages, Niederhäslich and Schweinsdorf.- History :...
- 1868/1869: All Saints Church, DresdenAll Saints Church, DresdenAll Saints Church was a Church of England church on Wiener Straße, Ecke Beuststraße, in Dresden. It was in the Early English Period of Neo-Gothic.- History :...
- 1869/1870: Villa Goethestraße 12 in Dresden
- 1869/1870: Villa Goethestraße 13 in Dresden
- 1872: Design entered into the competition for the NiederwalddenkmalNiederwalddenkmalThe Niederwalddenkmal is a monument located in the Niederwald Landscape park, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany.- History :The monument was constructed to commemorate the foundation of the German Empire after the end of Franco-Prussian War. The first stone was laid on September 16, 1871, by...
(won first prize, but never built) - 1886–1888: Portals into the Neuen Elbbrücke in Hamburg (with the architect Wilhelm HauersWilhelm HauersWilhelm Hauers was a German architect. His works include the St. Johannis Harvestehude Hamburg....
and the engineer Andreas MeyerAndreas Meyer (civil engineer)Andreas Meyer was a German civil engineer. From 1872 to 1901 he and Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann helped significantly shape the city of Hamburg - Meyer himself is most notable as the creator of the Speicherstadt. He was a cousin to Eduard Meyer and Kuno Meyer....
)