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Albert Geutebrück

German classicist architect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albert Geutebrück (6 January 1801 in Gotha – 13 March 1868 in Graz, Steiermark) was a German classicist architect and the director of the School of Building and Construction[1] at the University of Leipzig. He is most known for the building, the Augusteum.

Photo of Albert Geutebrück (1863)

Geutebrück constructed the Augusteum building on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig, Germany, which was built in 1836[2] on the site of the University of Leipzig and served as its main building.

Geutebrück was a member of the Leipzig Association of Art Friends[1] and an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).[3]

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