Friedrich August Krubsacius
Encyclopedia
Friedrich August Krubsacius (21 March 1718 - 28 November 1789) 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 born at 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....
. In 1755 he was made court architect to the Duchy of Saxony
Duchy of Saxony
The medieval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian stem duchy" covering the greater part of Northern Germany. It covered the area of the modern German states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony-Anhalt and most of Schleswig-Holstein...
, in 1764 professor of architecture at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and in 1776 chief architect of Saxony.