Martin Emil Ferdinand Haller (1835–1925) was a German

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, who designed the

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and the building of the Consulate General of the United States in Hamburg, and a member of the

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Early life and family

Haller was born on 1 December 1835 in

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. His father was the jurist

Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller (21 January 1805 in Hamburg – 10 October 1876 in Hamburg) was a jurist, senator and First Mayor of Hamburg and head of state from 1863 to 1864; 1866 to 1867; 1870 to 1873. Family The Haller family was one of the 50 J ...

(1805–1876), a

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. Haller's mother Adele was a Jewish-born daughter of Amschel Oppenheimer. Haller attended the Gymnasium ''

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'' until 1855. Haller studied architecture in

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, and

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. In 1865, Haller married Antonie (née Schramm, 1846–1925) and had a son, Ferdinand (1871–1963), who was deputy director of the

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, and 3 daughters, Antonie and Marie-Ellen. Haller died on 26 May 1925 in Hamburg.

Hamburg career

In 1861 Haller returned to Hamburg and opened an office. He was 10 years long chairperson of the professional organisation of architects and member of the

for 14 years. In 1880 Haller and 8 other architects founded a syndicate and presented the

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a new draft for the

. In 1886 the construction started. Haller planned more than 562 building projects.

Influenced

Haller was influenced by Charles Garnier; the architect of the

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;

Gottfried Semper Gottfried Semper (; 29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising i ...

, and the Italian

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. He disliked the

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movement.

Selected works

* Alsterufer # 27 (now Consulate General of the United States in Hamburg and modified) * Office building (bank) for M.M.Warburg & CO * Concert hall

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* Office building for the ''Reederei Woermann'', coll. ''Afrikahaus'' * Office building for Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) *

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany. It was founded 1950 as ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik'' (Public college of music) on the base of the former private acting school of Annem ...

Honors

The city of Hamburg honored Haller with a street called ''Hallerstraße''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Martin 1835 births 1925 deaths 19th-century German architects Members of the Hamburg Parliament Architects from Hamburg People educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums