Very little of Speer's architectural work survives today, except in photographs and drawings.  This is the "Marble Gallery" of the New Reich Chancellary, a hall designed to impress visitors in much the same way as the "long galleries" of royal and noble houses in the early modern period - only more so.  Best regards, JR.

Albert Speer interior.

Fine studio portrait of Albert Speer, 1933.  "First Architect" of the Third Reich from 1934, Speer played a major role in establishing the National Socialist version of the neoclassical/modernist style in architecture, and in realising major public propaganda events in the prewar period.  Later, as Armaments Minister, he masterminded a huge effort to maintain German war production in the teeth of mounting wartime difficulties.  The manner in which he did this (including his somewhat contradictory relationship with the encroaching economic power of the SS) remains controversial.  Best regards, JR.

Albert Speer.

"Cathedral of Light", Reichsparteitag, Nurnberg, 1936.  Speer had the talent of combining the skills of the architect with the vision of the theatre set designer and director when it came to producing impressive public propaganda events.  Best regards, JR.