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The art for architecture's sake of Karl Friedrich Schinkel was so diverse and his output of architecture was so huge that he defies neat stylistic classification. He is Gothic yet Greek; classical yet modern; poetic yet rationalistic; a sober civil servant with a commitment to architecture as a public service, yet the friend of princes and the designer of palaces. He was profoundly influenced by Friedrich Gilly and the tours of Italy, England, Austria and France. Also he played an important role in the German architecture of the first half 19th century.
The buildings and designs such as the first work of mausoleum of Queen Luise, National Cathedral for Wars of Liberation as Gothic designs, such as Neue Wache royal guard house, Schauspielhaus-theater & concert hall, Altes Museum and Schloss Orianda not to be built as classical designs, such as Schloss Tegel, Casino, Schloss Charlottenhof, Court Gardener's House as vernacular Italic designs, such as Schloss Glienicke, the palace for Prince Karl and Prince Albrecht, Schloss Babelsberg as results of England tour and such as Bauakademie as modern design can be seen as the realization of his ideals since those are surely a
landmark in the history of Germany and Western architecture.
His work inspired the development of Berlin and other north German area, and encouraged the adoption of Neo-Baroque modes in the newly founded German Empire after his death. His search for architectural fundamentals gives him a permanent significance in European architecture which is independent of the particular historical circumstances of his days. In spite of being not consistent in his architectural theory and being lost himself in a maze, there is no denying that he is at the height of German architecture up to now.