Schinkel's Bauakademie (1832–1836), his most innovative building, eschewed historicist conventions and seemed to point the way to a clean-lined "modernist" architecture that would become prominent in Germany only toward the beginning of the 20th century.
Schinkelova Bauakademie (1832.–1836,), njegova nojinovativnija građevina, je nadišla historicističke konvencije i ušla u sferu "modernističke" arhitekture čistih linija, koja će postati dominantna u Njemačkoj tek početkom 20. stoljeća.