Gustav Adolf Platz (November 21, 1881,

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- September 13, 1947, Mannheim) was a German

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. He worked with Fritz Schumacher in

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, then as an architect

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for the City of

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(starting in 1913). He later served as

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of the architectural section (''Stadtbaudirektor'') of the City of Mannheim (1923–1932).

Literary works

* ''Die Baukunst der neuesten Zeit'', 1927

External links

Gustav Adolf Platz
at www.perlentaucher.de (German) * 20th-century German architects 1881 births 1947 deaths Architects from Kraków Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Germany {{Germany-architect-stub