Max Bromme
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Max Bromme 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 horticulturist. He was the director of horticulture (from 1912 to 1945), and also director of the Palm House
Palm House
A palm house is a greenhouse that is specialised for the growing of palms and other tropical and subtropical plants. Palm houses require constant heat and were built as status symbols in Victorian Britain...

 from 1932 to 1945 in Frankfurt.
He envisioned first concepts to preserve the Nidda in 1925, by creating a surrounding area as a green free space between town center and the new settlements under construction, together with councillor Ernst May
Ernst May
Ernst May was a German architect and city planner.May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during Germany's Weimar period, and in 1930 less successfully exported those ideas to Soviet Union cities, newly created under Stalinist rule...

. A well-known example of his work is the successful transition between city and landscape known as the Römerstadt.

Completed Projects

  • Park at the Bornheimer Hang, a hillside in Frankfurt-Bornheim
  • IG Farben Building
    IG Farben Building
    The IG Farben Building or the Poelzig Building was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is also known as the Poelzig Ensemble or Poelzig Complex, and previously as the IG Farben Complex, and the General Creighton W....

    -parks
  • Extension of the Hauptfriedhof Frankfurt (Main cemetery)
  • Brentanopark
  • Holzhausenpark
  • Solmspark
  • Rothschild- and Goldschmidtpark
  • Waldstadion
    Commerzbank-Arena
    The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...

     Frankfurt
  • Westhausen
    Westhausen
    Westhausen can refer to the following places in Germany:*Westhausen , in the Ostalb district, Baden-Württemberg*Westhausen, Gotha, in the Gotha district, Thuringia*Westhausen, Hildburghausen, in the Hildburghausen district, Thuringia...

    Estate
  • Römerstadt Estate
  • Huthpark
  • Lohrpark
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