Carl Ferdinand Langhans

Carl Ferdinand Langhans was a Prussian architect whose specialty was designing theaters.
Born in Breslau, Silesia, Langhans was the son of the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.
Langhans' designs included the reconstruction of the Berlin State Opera after a fire and the New Theatre in Leipzig. Other projects included theaters in Breslau and Liegnitz, and the Berlin residence of William I, German Emperor. He is also remembered for his innovative pleorama entertainment.
Langhans died in Berlin. His grave is preserved in the Protestant Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.