Kunstakademie
The Kunstakademie building on Brühl's Terrace, designed by Constantin Lipsius and ready for use in 1894, is used today by the HfBK Dresden University of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden).
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What it is
It stands in Dresden's Altstadt. The academy was built together with the exhibition building of the Sächsischer Kunstverein (Saxon art society), in one complex.
The HfBK uses it for studios and workshops of its Fine Arts faculty, and for its exhibition rooms, archive and anatomical collection. The Oktogon, the academy's former auditorium, is now used for exhibitions.
The Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, the art society's former exhibition building in the same complex, is used by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD), not by the HfBK.
History
The academy was founded in 1764, as the “Haupt-Kunst-Akademie”. In 1884 the government of Saxony commissioned the new academy and exhibition building from Constantin Lipsius. The academy building was ready for use in 1894.
Saxony began systematic renovation of the building in 1991; it was completed in 2002.
The dome
A glass dome crowns the building. It is a visible part of the Altstadt skyline on the Elbe bank. The HfBK and the SKD both call it the “lemon squeezer” (Zitronenpresse).