Cultural buildings in Dresden and Damascus

From the mid-1960s, Peter Albert worked as an architect at the Dresden branch of the Institut für Kulturbauten ("Institute for Cultural Buildings"), which was subordinate to the GDR Ministry of Culture. In Dresden, the Institute was involved in the planning of the reconstruction of important cultural buildings such as the Semper Opera House, the Dresden Castle and the Taschenberg Palace. In addition, the Institute participated in numerous international competitions. From 1973, Peter Albert worked on the planning of the National Theater in Damascus and traveled to Syria several times. Further business trips to Paris and London followed, as well as a private trip to the USA. In the interview, he talks about the travel impressions that had a lasting impact on his work.

With the end of the GDR, the Institute for Cultural Buildings was dissolved. Peter Albert worked as an independent architect and from the mid-1990s increasingly devoted himself to painting. He had already painted in a concrete-constructivist manner in GDR times, but because of accusations of "formalism" he hardly found any exhibition opportunities within state structures. Today, his paintings can be found, among others, in the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, the Städtische Galerie Dresden and in the collections of the Technical University of Dresden.

Further works by Peter Albert are presented on his website: https://www.peter-albert.com/.