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Pages in category "Modernist architecture in Germany" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The student accommodation wing, Bauhaus Dessau building by Walter Gropius (1925–26) The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety) is a name often given to the Modern architecture that emerged in Europe, primarily German-speaking Europe, in the 1920s and 30s.
The Fagus Factory (German: Fagus Fabrik or Fagus Werk), a shoe last factory in Alfeld on the Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany, is an important example of early modern architecture. Commissioned by owner Carl Benscheidt who wanted a radical structure to express the company's break from the past, the factory was designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
The interiors of these structures are used as exhibition spaces, with information about the history of the site. [3] These and the other houses, which are open to the public, are managed by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. The Feininger house is the base of the Kurt Weill Centre, which promotes the work of the composer Kurt Weill, who came from ...
The building was constructed between 1925 and 1926 according to plans by Walter Gropius as a school building for the Bauhaus School of Art, Design and Architecture. [2] The building itself and the Masters' Houses that were built in the immediate vicinity established the reputation of the Bauhaus as an "icon of modernism". [citation needed]
The architecture of Germany has a long, rich and diverse history. Every major European style from Roman to Postmodern is represented, including renowned examples of Carolingian , Romanesque , Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque , Classical , Modern and International Style architecture.
17% of Berlin's buildings are Gründerzeit or earlier and nearly 25% are of the 1920's and 1930's, when Berlin played a part in the origin of modern architecture. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Berlin was heavily bombed during World War II , and many buildings which survived the war were demolished during the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1980, he became the Dean of Architecture and in 1986 he was also appointed vice-president of the Bauakademie der DDR . The academy was a government agency that operated as the central research institution for architecture and construction in East Germany. Grönwald was also a functionary of the SED, the ruling political party. [14] [16]