11 Facts About Paul Mebes

Paul Louis Adolf Mebes was a German architect, architectural theorist and university professor.

Paul Mebes was born on 23 January 1872 in Magdeburg.

Paul Mebes completed practical training as a carpenter and then studied at the Technische Hochschulen in Braunschweig and Charlottenburg.

From 1911, he and Paul Emmerich ran the architectural firm of "Mebes and Emmerich", which was devoted mainly to the Dwelling Association's buildings.

In 1931 Paul Mebes became a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts.

Paul Mebes' designs were innovative and won him recognition in Europe.

Paul Mebes was one of the pioneers of housing estates before the First World War.

Paul Mebes's apartment building designs for the Berlin Civil Servants Dwelling Association and the Kroch village in Leipzig were particularly notable.

The activity of Paul Mebes can be divided into three periods: the early phase, an expressive phase and the substantive phase that continued until his death.

Paul Mebes was less concerned about the details than before, but still designed aesthetically coherent works.

Paul Mebes made carefully considered floor plans, with bright and well ventilated apartments.