August Orth

His instructors there included Friedrich August Stüler, Heinrich Strack, Karl Bötticher and Wilhelm Stier, who introduced him to the newer trends.

Unable to find work immediately, he chose instead to pursue his artistic studies, at the Prussian Academy of Arts.

After a study trip throughout Germany, he performed some professional work for the Bergisch-Markisch Railway Company, and passed his Master Builder examination at the Prussian Academy in 1858.

He designed and built two of his homes: the Palais Strousberg on Wilhelmstraße in Berlin, and his family estate, Schloss Zbirow, in Bohemia.

He also designed buildings at the Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof [de] (slaughterhouse), for a company in which Strousberg had controlling interest.