Frederick's son, the 'Soldier King', wasn't interested in architecture, so when he ascended the throne in 1713 all construction work was halted. It was only in 1740 that construction continued when Frederick the Great commissioned the Prussian architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff with the expansion of the east wing (the Neuer Flügel or New Wing) to complement the larger west wing. It was completed six years later. Glass Bedchamber, Charlottenburg palace
Glass BedchamberIn 1943, during a British air raid, the palace was hit by a bomb which caused a fire that completely destroyed the building. After the war there were plans to demolish the palace, but after the East German government demolished the main palace of the Hohenzollern in 1950, West German authorities decided to restore Charlottenburg Palace, a project that took more than sixty years to complete.