# BÜRING, Johann Gottfried [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1723–? - Profession: architect - School: German ## Biography German architect. He was responsible in Potsdam for the Neues Palais \(New Palace, 1763-68\), with a main elevation based on Vanbrugh's Castle Howard, Yorkshire; the Chinese Tea House \(1755-64\); and No. 5, Am Neuen Markt \(1753-55\), based on Palladio 's Palazzo Thiene, Vicenza. He also worked with Johann Boumann \(c. 1706-1776\) on the building of St Hedwig's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Berlin \(1772-73\), and designed the exquisite picture-gallery at Sanssouci, Potsdam \(1755-63\), one of the first in the history of museums erected solely to exhibit paintings. He also designed the Nauener Tor in Berlin. ## Related artworks - [Chinese Tea House]() - [General view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()