August Endell (or Endel, born April 12, 1871, Berlin - April 15, 1925, Berlin) was a German Jugendstil architect.
Endell is noted for many designs, including the Atelier Elvira in München (Munich) by commission of his friend Hermann Obrist, built in 1897 and destroyed in 1944. It had an imaginative motif evocative of a breaking wave or a dragon that dominated the facade. The building incorporated elements of styles by Antoni Gaudí and Hector Guimard.
Endell was also responsible for the design of the Hackesche Höfe, a notable courtyard complex in the centre of Berlin.[1]
Endel contributed to the publication Pan and was briefly and unhappily married to the "Dada Baroness" Else Endell.
August Endell was a designer and an architect from there he moved onto the idea of a new visual art and began creating fine art works that were architecturally structured, however still expressing the qualities of other forms of art. He began creating and building things such as gates, arches, stairway rails, and other decorative wall elements.