Hermann Gustav Louis Ende (4 March 1829 – 10 August 1907) was a German architect noted for his work in Germany, Japan and elsewhere.
Biography
Ende was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Province of Brandenburg,Prussia (modern-day Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland). In 1836 he moved with family to Berlin, where, after graduating from the Köllnisches Gymnasium in 1852, he studied architecture at the Bauakademie, a Berlin architectural school housed in what is considered one of the forerunners of modern architecture due to its theretofore uncommon use of red brick and a relatively streamlined façade. His studies were interrupted for a year by military service, and by another year spent travelling abroad with his friend Wilhelm Böckmann. In 1860, he established the architectural firm, “Böckmann & Ende”, which came to be considered one of the leading design studios in Berlin.
From 1874, he was a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts (Berlin), and in 1878 he became a professor at the Bauakademie in Berlin, as well as the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg. From 1895 to 1904 was the President of the Academy of Arts.
Ende exercised a considerable influence upon the development of architecture in Berlin. The numerous buildings constructed by him were in the neighbourhood of Berlin, especially villas in locality of Tiergarten, with many found within the diplomatic quarter. He was also active in the residential areas of Potsdam Neubabelsberg and designed various buildings for the Berlin Zoo. Few of these buildings have survived World War II.
