Paul Mebes

Paul Louis Adolf Mebes (23 January 1872 – 9 April 1938) was a German architect, architectural theorist and university professor.

He completed practical training as a carpenter and then studied at the Technische Hochschulen in Braunschweig and Charlottenburg.

By 1906 (according to some sources as early as 1902) Mebes was working for the Berlin Civil Servants Dwelling Association.

The "Paul Mebes Park" on Potsdamer Strasse at the corner of Fischer-Dieskau-way in Zehlendorf, Berlin was named in his honor.

His apartment building designs for the Berlin Civil Servants Dwelling Association and the Kroch village in Leipzig were particularly notable.

Former commerce building of the Iduna insurance company at Charlottenstraße No. 82 in Berlin-Kreuzberg. It was built in 1913 to a design by Paul Mebes. The building has been designated as a cultural heritage monument.
Building ensemble Innsbrucker Platz 4/Martin Luther Straße 126, 1922–28 by Mebes und Emmerich
Building ensemble Innsbrucker Platz 4/Martin Luther Straße 126, 1922–28 by Mebes und Emmerich