dɪzˈaɪnd baɪ kˈɑːɹl fɹˈiːdɹɪtʃ skˈɪŋkəl, ɪt wʌz bˈɪlt nˌɪɹ ðə bɜːlˈɪn sˈɪɾi pˈælɪs ænd ɐkˈɑːmədˌeɪɾᵻd tˈuː ɹˈɔɪəl pɹˈʌʃən ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃənz: ðə stˈeɪt kənstɹˈʌkʃən kəmˈɪʃən ˌoʊbɚbˌɔːdɪpjuːtˈeɪʃən, ʌvwˈɪtʃ skˈɪŋkəl wʌzðə dᵻɹˈɛktɚ, ænd fˈɜːst ʌv ˈɔːl ðə bˈɪldɪŋ ɐkˈædəmi ˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃən, wˌɪtʃ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn ɡˈeɪv bˈɜːθ tə ðə ɹˈɔɪəl tˈɛknɪkəl hˈaɪɚ skˈuːl kˈɜːnɪɡlˌɪx tˈɛknɪʃ hˈɑːtʃʃuːl tʃˈɑːɹləʔˌn̩bɜːɡ ðə fˈɔːɹʌnɚɹ ʌvðə tˈɛknɪkəl jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv bɜːlˈɪn.
Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was built near the Berlin City Palace and accommodated two royal Prussian institutions: the State Construction Commission (Oberbaudeputation), of which Schinkel was the director, and – first of all – the Building Academy (institution), which in 1879 gave birth to the Royal Technical Higher School (Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg) – the forerunner of the Technical University of Berlin.