31. Munich. House of German Art.

Located on Prinzregentenstrasse near the junction with Königinstrasse, the House of German Art was designed by Hitler’s favourite architect Prof Paul Ludwig Troost (1878-1934), together with considerable input from the Führer himself. Troost, a member of the Nazi Party since 1924 had worked on the conversion of the Barlow Palace, later known as the Brown House. Hitler laid the cornerstone for the large neo-classical House of German Art on 15 October 1933. When Troost died in January 1934, Albert Speer was called upon to oversee the completion of the project according to Troost’s original plans.

The House of German Art officially opened on 18 July 1937 with an exhibition of work by the best Nazi artists. At the same time an exhibition of what the regime considered ‘degenerate art’ was on show in the Hofgarten Gallery across the street. This, the first truly representative Third Reich style colonnaded building remains unchanged and continues to perform the function for which it was originally constructed, a centre for the exhibition of art.