Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect He designed the Berliner Philharmonie (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the Schminke House in Löbau, Saxony. He was important in organic and expressionist architecture.

Awards and prizes

• 1954 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin
• 1954 Fritz Schumacher Prize, Hamburg
• 1955 Berlin Arts Prize
• 1958 Bronze plaque of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg
• 1959 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[1]
• 1962 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Berlin
• 1964 Grand Prize of the Association of German Architects (Großer BDA Preis)
• 1965 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Rome
• 1965 Auguste Perret Prize
• 1969 Honorary citizen of Berlin
• 1970 Erasmus Prize^[2]

Work

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  Chamber music hall (right) and Philharmonie in Berlin
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  House for living, Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart
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  An early work of Scharoun: Hostel in the WuWa-Werkbund exposition in Breslau
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  A late work of Scharoun: Theatre in Wolfsburg, opened 1973
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  Romeo & Julia, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Rot (1954–59)
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  Salute, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof (1961–63)
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  Rauher Kapf, residential district, Böblingen (1965)
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  Orplid, high-rise apartments, Böblingen (1971)

Popular buildings

• A house called Die Wohnung (The dwelling) for the Werkbund exhibition at the Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart, (1927)
• Men's hostel for the Werkbund exhibition called Wohnung und Werkraum (Dwellings and Workspaces), Wrocław, (1929)
• Apartments at Kaiserdamm, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1928/29)
• Apartments at Hohenzollerndamm, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, (1929/30)
• Town planning and housing design at Großsiedlung Siemensstadt, (1929–31)
• The Schminke house, Löbau/Sachsen, (1933)
• The Baensch house, Berlin-Spandau, (1935)
• The Hoffmeyer house, Bremerhaven, (1935)
• The Moll house, Berlin-Grunewald, (1936)
• The Mohrmann house, Berlin-Lichtenrade, (1939)
• Romeo & Julia, high rise apartments, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, (1954–59)
• Charlottenburg-Nord, housing development, Berlin-Charlottenburg, (1955–60)
• Girls School (now a comprehensive school) "Geschwister-Scholl-Schule", Lünen, (1956–62)
• Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1957–63)
• Salute, high-rise apartments, Stuttgart-Fasanenhof, (1961–63)
• Main and primary school, Marl, (designed in 1960, completed in 1971)
• Institutes of the faculty for architecture of the Technical University, Berlin, (1962–70)
• Rauher Kapf, residential district Böblingen, (1965)
• Orplid, high-rise apartments, Böblingen, (1971)
• Embassy building for the Federal Republic of Germany, Brasília, (1964–71)
• City Theatre, Wolfsburg, (1965–73)
• Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (German maritime museum), Bremerhaven, (1970–75)
• State library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin-Tiergarten, (1964–79)

Popular projects

• Competition – Prenzlau Cathedral Square, 1st Prize, (1919)
• Competition – German hygiene museum, Dresden, (1920)
• Competition – Multistorey building at Friedrichstraße station, Berlin, (1922)
• Competition – Münsterplatz Ulm, (1925)
• Competition – Town hall and Exhibition spaces, Bremen, (1928)
• Competition – Liederhalle concert hall, Stuttgart, 1st Prize, (1949)
• Competition – American Memorial Library, Berlin, (1951)
• Design for a primary school, Darmstadt, (1951)
• Competition – Land development, Isle of Helgoland, (1952)
• Competition – Theater, Kassel, 1st Prize, (1952)
• Competition – National Theater, Mannheim, 3rd Prize, (1953)