Bauakademie

The Bauakademie in Berlin, Germany, was a higher education school for art of building to train master builders. It originated from the construction department of the Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences , which emphasized the aesthetic elements of art of building while ignoring the technical. Thus, the governmental Upper Building Department decided to establish an entirely new building educational institution named "Bauakademie". It was founded on 18 March 1799 by King Frederick William III and, in 1801, incorporated into the UBD, as its section.

The building of the Building Academy built between 1832 and 1836 , is considered one of the forerunners of modern architecture due to its hithertofore uncommon use of red brick and the relatively streamlined facade of the building. Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was built near the Berlin City Palace and accommodated two royal Prussian institutions: the State Construction Commission , of which Schinkel was the director, and - first of all - the Building Academy , which in 1879 gave birth to the Royal Technical Higher School - the forerunner of the Technical University of Berlin.

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