Schinkel, Karl Friedrich (1781–1841)

German architect. He began as a painter and studied in Italy and France. He was appointed City Architect of Berlin in 1815. During the next 25 years he designed buildings there in three very different styles: the Theatre (1818–21), the Old Museum, and the Guard House on Unter den Linden 1816), all in a neo-Greek style; the Werderschekirche (1821–31) in English Gothic; and the School of Architecture (1832–35) in a more modern and functional style.

His other works include the Nikolaikirche in Potsdam (1830–37); the Roman Bath (1833) in the park of Potsdam; the War Memorial on the Kreuzbert (1818), Tegel; Humboldt's country house (1822–24); and the Charlottenhof (1826).