Albert Geutebrück (6 January 1801 in Gotha – 13 March 1868 in Graz, Steiermark) was a German

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architect and the director of the School of Building and Construction at the

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. He is most known for the building, the

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. Geutebrück constructed the Augusteum building on the

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, which was built in 1836 on the site of the

and served as its main building. Geutebrück was a member of the Leipzig Association of Art Friends and an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

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1801 births 1868 deaths German neoclassical architects People from Gotha (town) Architects from Leipzig 19th-century German architects {{Germany-architect-stub