Hermann Billing

Hermann Billing in 1909

Hermann Billing (* February 7, 1867, Karlsruhe; died March 2, 1946, Karlsruhe) was a German Art Nouveau architect and designer.

He attended high school, Kunstgewerbeschule and architectural college, but completed none of them. Funded by his wealthy first wife, he started his work by taking part in competitions. He gained reputation for his avantgarde ideas and subsequently contracts for public buildings. After 1920, he was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and the University of Technology.

Court pharmacy building in Karlsruhe, 1901
Melanchthonhaus (Bretten), 1903
his own house in Karlsruhe, 1905
Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1907
Bridge towers in Duisburg, 1907
Hotel Bad Schachen in Lindau, 1910
War memorial, 1930
Postal administration in Karlsruhe, 1938

Baischstraße in Karlsruhe, a neighbourhood planned completely by Hermann Billing, 1900-1903
gate house (altered)
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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 13100957 LCCN: n82152169 ISNI: 0000 0000 6675 1457 GND: 118658840 ULAN: 500082754

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