Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period. He was born either in

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, but mainly worked in

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, supervising the construction of the Sanssouci Picture Gallery and designing the Nauener Tor and New Palace there. He also designed the Luisenstädtische Kirche in

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1723 births 1788 deaths 18th-century German architects Architects from the Kingdom of Prussia German Baroque architects Architects from Berlin People from Potsdam {{Germany-architect-stub