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Hubert Oswald Stier (27 March 1838 in Berlin – 25 June 1907 in Hannover) was a German architect and university lecturer. He built mainly train stations, museums, and churches primarily in the Neo-Renaissance style. Most of his works are located in Berlin and Hanover.
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Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Gefallenendenkmal für die preußischen Kriege 1864, 1866 und 1870
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stier, Hubert Oswald 1838 births 1907 deaths 19th-century German architects Architects from Berlin
Hubert Oswald Stier (27 March 1838 in Berlin – 25 June 1907 in Hannover) was a German architect and university lecturer. He built mainly train stations, museums, and churches primarily in the Neo-Renaissance style. Most of his works are located in Berlin and Hanover.
Biography
Hubert Stier was the son of the Berlin architectWilhelm Stier
Wilhelm Stier (born 8 May 1799 in Błonie near Warsaw, died 19 September 1856 in Schöneberg, full name: Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Stier) was a German architect and university teacher at the Berlin Bauakademie.
Life and career
Wilhelm Stier wa ...
(1799–1856). After studying in Berlin, he received professional training in his father's company, and in 1862 he undertook a study trip to Italy.
Between 1863 and 1864 he participated in the construction of the Red Town Hall
The Rotes Rathaus (, ''Red City Hall'') is the town hall of Berlin, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz. It is the home to the governing mayor and the government (the Senate of Berlin) of the state of Berlin. The ...
in Berlin-Mitte. In 1868 he was appointed chief architect in Berlin. From 1876 he worked as a departmental architect of Hannover railways, where he was appointed as head of the project to build a new central station. Stier's project combined Berlin and Hanover arc styles, along with original his own ideas.
In 1880 Stier took over as professor at the Technical University of Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover (german: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational Sc ...
, and in 1883 as professor. In 1899 he was appointed construction advisor. In 1895 Hubert Stier also won the competition for the New Town Hall in Hanover, which eventually failed to run according to its design. Apart from commercial buildings in Hannover, he acted as the person in charge of numerous constructions of numerous other buildings including churches, post offices, and monuments./ref>
Writings
* ''Architectural inventions by Wilhelm Stier.'' Edited by Hubert Stier. Berlin 1867. * ''The Liebfrauenkirche in Arnstadt. Study of the structural development of the same.'' Frotscher, Arnstadt 1882. (Reprint: Thüringer Chronik-Verlag, Arnstadt 2001.) * ''From my sketchbook. Architectural travel studies from France.'' Wittwer, Stuttgart 1885-1889. * ''Romance studies. Based on own explanations and recordings as well as designs by the students of the Technical University in Hanover.'' Edited by Hubert Stier. Seemann, Leipzig 1895.References
External links
Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Gefallenendenkmal für die preußischen Kriege 1864, 1866 und 1870
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stier, Hubert Oswald 1838 births 1907 deaths 19th-century German architects Architects from Berlin