Martin Grünberg

He was active in Berlin from 1687 onwards, after several trips to France and Italy.

In Berlin he took part in the construction of the Friedrichstadt and oversaw the construction in the Kurmark alongside the Electorate of Brandenburg's head architect Johann Arnold Nering, who he succeeded from 1695 to 1698, when he again became the head-architect's subordinate.

His other designs include the Marstallgebäudes on the Unter den Linden as far as the later Dorotheenstraße (including the first Berlin Observatory), the Jungfernbrücke (formerly known as the Spreegassenbrücke) and the Sebastiankirche (later known as the Luisenstädtische Kirche).

On occasions he was also master builder to Berlin's Zeughaus and the Parochialkirche.

In 1701 he was the first architect and master builder to join the Prussian Academy of Arts.