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Paul Troost

1878 - 1934

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Paul Ludwig Troost (17 August 1878 – 21 January 1934) was a German architect. A favourite master builder of Adolf Hitler from 1930, his Neoclassical designs for the Führerbau, the Verwaltungsbau der NSDAP and the Haus der Kunst in Munich influenced the style of Nazi architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Troost is the 158th most popular architect (up from 183rd in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,022nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Paul Troost ranks 158 out of 518. Before her are Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Mikhail Eisenstein, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Lina Bo Bardi, Alonzo Cano, and Carlo Fontana. After her are Charlotte Perriand, Eero Saarinen, Ebenezer Howard, Carl Ludvig Engel, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, and Robert Adam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Paul Troost ranks 60. Before her are Boris Kustodiev, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Mahmud Barzanji, Richard Sheldon, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, and Eino Leino. After her are James Oliver Curwood, Angelica Balabanoff, Louis Camille Maillard, Herbert Chapman, Yosano Akiko, and Paul Pelliot. Among people deceased in 1934, Paul Troost ranks 48. Before her are Jakob Wassermann, Alexander von Kluck, Hermann Bahr, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Hubert Lyautey, and Adrien de Gerlache. After her are Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Herbert Chapman, Willem de Sitter, Franz Schreker, Roberto Ferruzzi, and Paul Gustav Fischer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Troost ranks 1,806 out of 7,253. Before her are Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582), Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Hugo Riemann (1849), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), and Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794). After her are Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Conrad Celtes (1459), Erich Naumann (1905), and Eduard Spranger (1882).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Paul Troost ranks 15. Before her are Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), Hans Scharoun (1893), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), and Gottfried Böhm (1920). After her are Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Lilly Reich (1885), Günter Behnisch (1922), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Robert Koldewey (1855), and Hans Poelzig (1869).

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