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Modern Architecture


Modern Architecture, including Jugendstil (Art Noveau)



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Notre Dame du Haut, pilgrimage church, Ronchamp, 1955 Le Corbusier wrote to the bishop of Besancon:"I wished to create a place of silence, of prayer, of peace and intimate joy..."
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Notre Dame du Haut, pilgrimage church, Ronchamp, 1955 Le Corbusier wrote to th...

"Barckenhoff",painter Heinrich Vogeler's house in Worpswede,Lower Saxony. Members of the artists' colony Worpswede (1897) were Otto Modersohn,his wife Paula Modersohn-Becker,Heinrich Vogeler,Fritz Mackensen Bernhard Hoetger,Richard Oelze and poet Rainer M.Rilke.
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"Barckenhoff",painter Heinrich Vogeler's house in Worpswede,Lower Saxon...

Painter Bernhard Hoetger's house in Worpswede,Lower Saxony,1920. Members of the artists' colony Worpswede (1897) were Otto Modersohn,his wife Paula Modersohn- Becker,Heinrich Vogeler,Fritz Mackensen,Bernhard Hoetger,Richard Oelze and (briefly)poet Rainer M.Rilke.
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Painter Bernhard Hoetger's house in Worpswede,Lower Saxony,1920. Members of...

Paula Modersohn-Becker house and museum,Boettcher- strasse, 1926-1927. This unique street,connecting the Bremen market square and the river Weser, was financed by coffee magnate Ludwig Roselius and built 1923-1933.
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Paula Modersohn-Becker house and museum,Boettcher- strasse, 1926-1927. This...

"Chilehaus" office building in Hamburg,Germany, 1920-1923.
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"Chilehaus" office building in Hamburg,Germany, 1920-1923.

Family vault Wissinger,Suedwestkirchhof in Stahnsdorf, Potsdam,Germany. 1920
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Family vault Wissinger,Suedwestkirchhof in Stahnsdorf, Potsdam,Germany. 1920

"Einsteinturm", the observatory on Telegraphenberg, Potsdam. Molded concrete, 1920/21
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"Einsteinturm", the observatory on Telegraphenberg, Potsdam. Molded concrete...

"Hochzeitsturm" (Wedding Tower), 1908, built to commemorate the wedding of Grandduke Ernst Ludwig, patron of the artists'colony on Mathildenhoehe, Darmstadt.
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"Hochzeitsturm" (Wedding Tower), 1908, built to commemorate the wedding...

Administration building of the Hoechst Farbwerke industries,Frankfurt, 1920-24. Inner courtyard.
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Administration building of the Hoechst Farbwerke industries,Frankfurt, 19...

AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitaets Gesellschaft) turbine factory, 1909.
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AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitaets Gesellschaft) turbine factory, 1909.

Private house, Stuttgart, Weissenhofsiedlung, 1927
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Private house, Stuttgart, Weissenhofsiedlung, 1927

House for Fritz and Grete Tugendhat, a Czech industrialist family. Located on a steep incline, only the entrance is on street level, the other floors, including the open-plan living room, are below. 1928-1930 See 14-03-03/40 to 14-03-03/51
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House for Fritz and Grete Tugendhat, a Czech industrialist family. Lo...