Peter Behrens
(1868–1940) tysk arkitekt
Peter Behrens (1868–1940) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Peter Behrens belongs to the chapter ‘Industrialisation’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Peter Behrens was born in Hamburg and died in Berlin. Peter Behrens trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The teachers included Ferdinand Brütt and Hugo Kotschenreiter. Peter Behrens worked in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Vienna, and Mathildenhöhe. Peter Behrens became a member of Deutscher Werkbund and Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst. The students included Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Karl Hauschka, Fritz Zügner, and Anton Brenner.
The best-known works include ‘Eduard-Müller-Krematorium’, ‘Haus Wiegand’, ‘Mannesmann-Haus’, and ‘AEG’s Turbine factory’. The catalogue has 7 buildings by Peter Behrens. The dated buildings span the years 1909–1932. The buildings are in Bezirk Mitte, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Sankt Petersburg, Žilina, and Berlin-Mitte. They are in 3 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Peter Behrens belong to the styles ‘Art Nouveau’ and ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Anne Bremer, Peter Hansen, Cesare Saccaggi, Johannes Martin Fasting Wilhjelm, and Thorvald Erichsen.