Dresden, Germany

Dresden school (used around 1730-1933) is a regionally famous word phrase used for an architecture style developed mainly in Dresden, Germany, by architects from all over Europe, but mainly Germany and Italy.

The architects worked for kings and later private persons. Their models were mainly situated in Italy but they developed a very own architecture style, the Dresden school. The goal was to create art works, not only as stand alone buildings, but unique city emsembles, especially in detail. They created masterpieces for example of Baroque and Renaissance and later city villas in huge amounts (for example on river scopes or in former fisher districts), but also Jewish cathedrals or public schools.

One important member was Semper, building the Dresden Semper opera house.

This above is the city center of Dresden (a very big city when measured by area, so there are other population centers as well) before world war two 1939-1945. The whole innercity center was nearly completely destroyed in 1945. Today it looks rather the same again from this point of view. Before the war Dresden included Europe´s most expensive living area. Today, 2004, it is rather affordable, despite Dresden is developing well economically and the districts are in good condition.

see also Blue Wonder