Hermann Billing (February 7, 1867,
Karlsruhe
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– March 2, 1946, Karlsruhe) was a German
Art Nouveau
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architect and designer.
He attended high school,
Kunstgewerbeschule
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and architectural college, but completed none of them.
Funded by his wealthy first wife, he started his work by taking part in competitions. He gained reputation for his avantgarde ideas and subsequently contracts for public buildings. After 1920, he was professor at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and the University of Technology.
Image:Karlsruhe Hofapotheke.jpg, Court pharmacy building in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the German States of Germany, state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital o ...
, 1901
Image:Marktplatz-Bretten.jpg, Melanchthonhaus (Bretten), 1903
Image:Karlsruhe Leopoldstr7cd.jpg, his own house in Karlsruhe, 1905
Image:Kunsthalle_Mannheim_Eingangsportal.jpg, Kunsthalle Mannheim
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, 1907
Image:Duisburg-Brückentürme der Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke.jpg, Bridge towers in Duisburg, 1907
Image:Hotel Bad Schachen 05.JPG, Hotel Bad Schachen in Lindau
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, 1910
Image:Karlsruhe Hauptfriedhof Gefallenendenkmal.jpg, War memorial, 1930
Image:Karlsruhe OPD.jpg, Postal administration in Karlsruhe, 1938
Image:Baischstr 0.jpg, gate house (altered)
Image:Baischstr 1.jpg, Nr. 1
Image:Baischstr 3.jpg, Nr. 3
Image:Baischstr 4.jpg, Nr. 4-6
Image:Baischstr 5.jpg, Nr. 5
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20th-century German architects
1867 births
1946 deaths
Art Nouveau architects
Architects from Karlsruhe
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe