Julius Carl Raschdorff


Julius Carl Raschdorff was a German architect and academic teacher. He is considered one of the notable architects of the second half of the 19th century in Germany and created his most important work with the Berlin Cathedral.

Life

Born in Pleß, after his Abitur in 1842 in Gliwice, Raschdorff studied at the Berlin Bauakademie from 1845 to 1853. From his appointment as 2nd city architect on 1 November 1854, he worked in Cologne until 1878. There, he had a considerable influence on the and renovated among others the and the town hall. From 1864, he was 1st city architect, but left office in 1872 to settle as a private architect. In 1856, Raschdorff gave a lecture on new building techniques at the Paris World Exhibition. Between 1876 and 1880, the in Düsseldorf, which housed the Prussian and later the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, was built according to his plans. Raschdorff became professor of architecture at Technische Hochschule Berlin in 1878. In 1914, he became emeritus. Raschdorff designed over 220 buildings in Germany and neighbouring countries, of which about 100 were executed in 40 different locations. A bronze portrait of Raschdorff was created by Adolf Brütt in 1895 for the Berlin Cathedral, in which Brütt was just as involved as in the for Potsdam. In 1896, he received a large gold medal at the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung.
He was laid to rest at the in an Ehrengrab of the city of Berlin.
His son Otto also became an architect and his closest collaborator.

Work

Buildings and designs

In total, six churches, one synagogue, 17 school buildings, four university buildings, two museums, two libraries, four hospitals, one theatre, two town halls, seven railway stations, seven castles or palaces, 23 villas and ten residential and commercial buildings by Raschdorff are known to date.

Drafts

In 1884, his competition design for the Museum Island development was awarded 4th prize alongside his son Otto Raschdorff.

Publications

Das Kaufhaus Gürzenich in Köln. Berlin 1863.Abbildungen deutscher Schmiedewerke. Berlin 1875–78.Entwürfe und Bauausführungen im Stil deutscher Renaissance. Berlin 1879.Die Hochbau-Ausfuehrungen des preußischen Staates. Toeche, Berlin 1880. Abbildung deutscher Schmiedewerke. Verlag von Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1882.Palastarchitektur von Oberitalien und Toskana. Berlin 1883–88.Ein Entwurf Kaiser Friedrichs zum Neubau des Doms und zur Vollendung des königlichen Schlosses in Berlin. Berlin 1888.Baukunst der Renaissance. 4 volumes, Berlin 1880–90.Rheinische Holz- und Fachwerksbauten des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts. Berlin 1895.