German architect and etcher who specialised in the Neoclassical style. He was born in Leipzig and educated by Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717-1799). In his hometown, where he had been the city's construction official most of his buildings have been built, such as the first concert chamber of the Gewandhaus (1781), the square now known as the Augustusplatz (1785) and the interior of the St. Nicholas Church (1794). //