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Modern Architecture


Modern Architecture, including Jugendstil (Art Noveau)



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Grosses Haus Glueckert,built 1900-1901 for Julius Glueckert,owner of a large furniture factory.The "grosses Haus Glueckert",the "large house" was used as a showplace for Glueckert furniture,while the family lived in the "small Haus Glueckert". Garden front.
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Grosses Haus Glueckert,built 1900-1901 for Julius Glueckert,owner of a large fu...

"Hochzeitsturm" - Wedding Tower,erected by the city of Darmstadt in comemoration of the wedding of Grand- Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand-Duchess Eleonore in 1905. A panoramic view of the city can be had from the top platform.1905-1908. H:48,5 m
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"Hochzeitsturm" - Wedding Tower,erected by the city of Darmstadt in comemoratio...

"Hochzeitsturm" - Wedding Tower,erected by the city of Darmstadt in comemoration of the wedding of Grand- Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand-Duchess Eleonore in 1905. A panoramic view of the city can be had from the top platform.The monumental door. 1905-1908. H:48,5 m
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"Hochzeitsturm" - Wedding Tower,erected by the city of Darmstadt in comemoratio...

Design for the competition of the Postal Savings Bank (Postsparkasse) in Vienna. 1903 Pen and black ink,blue crayon,gold paint, 157 x 56 cm
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Design for the competition of the Postal Savings Bank (Postsparkasse) in Vienn...

Second Bauhaus,Dessau,built 1926/27 after the school had to leave Weimar because Weimar authorities objected to the Bauhaus' progressive teaching staff. Teachers at the Bauhaus were among others Mies van der Rohe,Klee,Itten,Kandinsky,Breuer,Feininger etc.
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Second Bauhaus,Dessau,built 1926/27 after the school had to leave Weimar beca...

St.Hubertus Lodge, house of the Kroeller-Mueller family, Dutch industrialists and art patrons, founders of the Rijksmuseum Kroeller-Mueller in Ottereloo, Netherlands.The entrance gate. St.Hubertus Lodge built 1916.
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St.Hubertus Lodge, house of the Kroeller-Mueller family, Dutch industrial...

"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and architect, as an apartment house with "tree tenants" in windows and on balconies. Different colours delineate size of individual apartments.
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"Hundertwasser-House" in Kegelgasse, Vienna, 1986. Designed by Friedensreic...

Valle de los Caidos, center nave of the basilica. A monument to Spanish heroes and saints and to the dead of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.In the crypt lie the remains of 40.000 soldiers from both sides, Fascist and Republican.
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Valle de los Caidos, center nave of the basilica. A monument to Spanish he...

Gdansk (Danzig),Poland, after massive destruction during World War II. In the center Marienkirche, Saint Mary's church, to the right the "Krantor", the crane-city gate. 1951
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Gdansk (Danzig),Poland, after massive destruction during World War II. In...

Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' invasion and liberation of France. Today the concrete fortifications disappear in the dunes of fashionable beaches. Dunes near Cap Ferret.
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Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allie...

Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' invasion and liberation of France. Today the concrete fortifications disappear in the dunes of fashionable beaches. Dunes near Cap Ferret.
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Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' i...

Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' invasion and liberation of France. Today the concrete fortifications disappear in the dunes of fashionable beaches. Dunes near Cap Ferret.
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Remains of the much-vaunted German "Westwall" which could not stop the Allies' i...