Hans Scharoun

**Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun**  (20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect He designed the  (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the Schminke House in Löbau, Saxony. He was important in organic and expressionist architecture.

## Awards and prizes

- 1954 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin
- 1954 Fritz Schumacher Prize, Hamburg
- 1955 Berlin Arts Prize
- 1958 Bronze plaque of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg
- 1959 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1962 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Berlin
- 1964 Grand Prize of the Association of German Architects (Großer BDA Preis)
- 1965 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Rome
- 1965 Auguste Perret Prize
- 1969 Honorary citizen of Berlin
- 1970 Erasmus Prize

### Popular buildings

- A house called _Die Wohnung (The dwelling)_ for the Werkbund exhibition at the Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, (1927)
- Men's hostel for the Werkbund exhibition called _Wohnung und Werkraum (Dwellings and Workspaces)_, Wrocław, (1929)
- Apartments at Kaiserdamm, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1928/29)
- Apartments at Hohenzollerndamm,  Berlin-Wilmersdorf, (1929/30)
- Town planning and housing design at Großsiedlung Siemensstadt, (1929–31)
- The Schminke house, Löbau/Sachsen, (1933)
- The Baensch house, Berlin-Spandau, (1935)
- The Hoffmeyer house, Bremerhaven, (1935)
- The Moll house, Berlin-Grunewald, (1936)
- The Mohrmann house, Berlin-Lichtenrade, (1939)
- _Romeo & Julia_, high rise apartments, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, (1954–59)
- Charlottenburg-Nord, housing development, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1955–60)
- Girls School (now a comprehensive school) "Geschwister-Scholl-Schule", Lünen, (1956–62)
- , Berlin-Tiergarten, (1957–63)
- _Salute_, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof, (1961–63)
- Main and primary school, Marl, (designed in 1960, completed in 1971)
- Institutes of the faculty for architecture of the Technical University, Berlin, (1962–70)
- _Rauher Kapf_, residential district Böblingen, (1965)
- _Orplid_, high-rise apartments, Böblingen, (1971)
- Embassy building for the Federal Republic of Germany, Brasília, (1964–71)
- City Theatre, Wolfsburg, (1965–73)
- Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (German maritime museum), Bremerhaven, (1970–75)
- State library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1964–79)

### Popular projects

- Competition – Prenzlau Cathedral Square, 1st Prize, (1919)
- Competition – German hygiene museum, Dresden, (1920)
- Competition – Multistorey building at Friedrichstraße station, Berlin, (1922)
- Competition – Münsterplatz Ulm, (1925)
- Competition – Town hall and Exhibition spaces, Bremen, (1928)
- Competition – _Liederhalle_ concert hall, Stuttgart, 1st Prize, (1949)
- Competition – American Memorial Library, Berlin, (1951)
- Design for a primary school, Darmstadt, (1951)
- Competition – Land development, Isle of Helgoland, (1952)
- Competition – Theater, Kassel, 1st Prize, (1952)
- Competition – National Theater, Mannheim, 3rd Prize, (1953)

### Sources

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