Bauakademie (Berlin)

Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the Bauakademie was built between 1832 and 1836 near the Berliner Stadtschloss (Berlin City Palace) to house institutions such as the Oberbaudeputation, the Higher Council of Architecture, and the Königliche Technische Hochschule, the technical royal faculty, which will give birth in 1879 to the Technische Universität.

The original building was badly damaged in World War II, and subsequently demolished by the communists. The foreign ministry of East Germany was built on its site. After reunification, the 1960's monstrosity was demolished, but funds to rebuild Schinkel's building were unavailable.

A mock-up of one corner, full height, but only a few meters wide, was erected and later surrounded by a canvas painting of the facade, over a scaffolding. Work has since begun on restoring the whole building.