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Henselmann, Hermann
(b Rossla, nr Nordhausen, 3 Feb 1905). German architect and writer. After training as a carpenter he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Berlin (1922–5). He then worked with Leo Nachtlicht and Werner Issel. He also worked independently and built several houses, including the Burier house on Lake Geneva near Montreux (1930). In 1945 he took over direction of the Hochschule für Baukunst und Bildende Künste in Weimar until 1950. From 1951 until 1972 he directed various planning authorities in Berlin and played a major role in the construction of the Stalinallee. His Punkthaus by the Weberwiese (1951) marked the beginning of this broad ‘national reconstruction work’ and was also the first example of the historicist ‘national tradition’ style demanded by the government. He designed the dominant multi-storey buildings on the Straussberger Platz (1952–3) and the Frankfurter Tor (1955–6).
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