Christian Friedrich Schuricht (March 5, 1753 - August 2, 1832) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 architect and painter who designed, among others, the New Palace and the Chinese garden at Pillnitz Castle

Pillnitz Castle

Pillnitz Castle is a restored Baroque castle at the eastern end of the city of Dresden in the German state of Saxony. It is located on the bank of the River Elbe in the former village of Pillnitz...

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Schuricht was born in Dresden

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....

 and a pupil of Friedrich August Krubsacius

Friedrich August Krubsacius

Friedrich August Krubsacius was a German architect and architectural theoretician.He was born at Dresden. In 1755 he was made court architect to the Duchy of Saxony, in 1764 professor of architecture at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and in 1776 chief architect of Saxony....

. He was appointed by Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony

Frederick Augustus I was King of Saxony from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Duke Frederick Augustus I of Warsaw...

 to become his court architect in 1812. When the Countess' palace at Pillnitz Castle burnt down in 1818, Frederick Augustus I asked him to design a new palace on the same spot. The New Palace (Neues Palais) was finished in 1826. While the building itself is Neoclassical style

Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...

, its roof follows the original theme of the other buildings at Pillnitz Castle established by the former court achitect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann

Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann

Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann was a German master builder who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685, and designed Dresden Castle and the Pillnitz church.Pöppelmann was born in Herford...

in the 1720s.