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Constantin Lipsius
1894Apr, 11

Constantin Lipsius

Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
Johannes Wilhelm Constantin Lipsius (20 October 1832 – 11 April 1894) was a German architect and architectural theorist, best known for his controversial design of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Exhibition Building (1883–1894) on the Brühl Terrace in Dresden, today known as the Lipsius-Bau.

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