Hans Scharoun

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**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

## Work 

Image:Berlin Philharmonie asv2018-05 img2.jpg|Chamber music hall (right) and Philharmonie in Berlin
File:WeissenhofsiedlungScharoun-pjt.jpg|House for living, Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart
Image:Wroclaw ul.Dembowskiego-PIP.jpg|An early work of Scharoun: Hostel in the WuWa-Werkbund exposition in Breslau
Image:Scharoun, Hans - Theater (Wolfsburg) 1600px.jpg|A late work of Scharoun: Theatre in Wolfsburg, opened 1973
File:Scharoun RomeoJulia-pjt.jpg|*Romeo & Julia*, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Rot (1954–59)
Image:Scharoun_Salute1.jpg|*Salute*, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof (1961–63)
File:Scharoun Rauher Kapf Böblingen-pjt.jpg|*Rauher Kapf*, residential district, Böblingen (1965)
File:Scharoun Orplid Böblingen-pjt.jpg|*Orplid*, high-rise apartments, Böblingen (1971)

### 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)

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## References 
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* Bürkle, J. Christoph: *"Hans Scharoun", Studio Paperback,* Birkhäuser, Basel 1993, 
* Genovese, Paolo Vincenzo, *"Hans Scharoun, Scuola a Lünen"*, Testo & Immagine, Torino, 2001.
* Jones, Peter Blundell: *"Hans Scharoun — a monograph"*, 1978, 
* Jones, Peter Blundell: *"Hans Scharoun"*, London 1993/1997,  (Hardback)  (Paperback)
* Jones, Peter Blundell; *"Hans Scharoun: Buildings in Berlin"*, 2002, 
* Kirschenmann, Jörg C. und Syring, Eberhard: *"Hans Scharoun", Taschen Basic Architecture,* Taschen, Köln 2004, 
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* Barkhofen, Eva-Maria: *Hans Scharoun – Architektur auf Papier. Visionen aus vier Jahrzehnten (1909–1945)*, Berlin Munich 2022, 
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* Wendschuh, Achim (Hrsg.): *"Hans Scharoun — Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Texte",* Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Künste Band 22, Berlin 1993, 
* Wisniewski, Edgar: *"Die Berliner Philharmonie und ihr Kammermusiksaal. Der Konzertsaal als Zentralraum",* Berlin 1993