Abstract
The following buildings of the Rundbogenstil, which were designed or built by Schinkel from 1826 to 1835 are analysed in the present paper : I. Packhof (warehaus, 1830-32) II. Pfarrkirchen in Berlin (parish church, 1832-34) III. plans of Bibliothek (library, 1835) The three examples were intended to be built in brick without stucco, to which the Rundbogen was adapted, just like the brick buildings of northern Italy. The synthesis of the classical and the medieval styles was realized in the Pfarrkirchen (Johannes-and Nazarethkirche). Schinkel also planed the Packhof which was an extremely modern attempt for the early period of the 19th century. Since his journey to England in 1826 he was deeply influenced by English industrial buildings, which had grid plans and fire-proof vaults. These Britisch building techniques first appeared in the Packhof and much more evidently in the Bibliothek, although Schinkel himself detested the dullness of industrial building in England. And therefore he adopted in the Packhof a pyramidal form and applied the Rundbogen-windows in order to keep its architectural quality. Lastly the Rundbogen was brought in the Bibliothek (1st plan) as monumental blind arcades and in thefacade of the 2nd plan as several vivid formative combinations of brick arches. The interiors of all the buildings were built with vaults and transverse arches in the Rundbogenstil, since large areas could be spanned only by bricks in Germany, on account of the scarcity of iron. Schinkel's Rundbogenstil was firmly bound with the use of bricks, having digested the architetural elements taken from Italy and England, showed his original development until the last years of his activity.
