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| 01. Aachen Cathedral Location Aachen, Germany Date 792 to 805 Style Romanesque Notes A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also known as Aix-la-Chapelle Cathedral. Similar to S. Vitale. Verkehrsverein Bad Aachen Monheimsallee 52 52062 Aachen, GERMANY Tel: +49 241/18029-60 + 61 Fax: +49 241/1802930 02. Abteiburg Museum Architect Hans Hollein Location Monchen-Gladbach, Germany map Date 1972 to 1982 Building Type art museum Construction System mixed stone cladding, brick, metal Style Modern or Post-Modern Notes Several variously designed bodies collected on a loose plinth. 03. Bauhaus Architect Walter Gropius Location Dessau, Germany map Date 1919 to 1925 Building Type Art and architecture school Construction System and glass Style Modern exemplar Notes Transparent walls, asymmetrical massing 04. Breslau Office Building Architect Hans Poelzig Location Breslau, Germany - now Wroclaw, Poland map Date 1911 to 1912 Building Type mixed commercial offices and retail Style Early Modern Notes frame expression creating strong horizontal facades, rounded corner. 05. Bromserburg Architect unknown Location Rudesheim, Germany Date 1000 to 1050 Building Type castle, fortress Style Medieval Notes "Brömserburg / Niederburg". "Fortress near Rudesheim". Example of spatial clustering. Now houses the Rheingau wine museum. 06. Dusseldorf Museum of Art Architect James Stirling Location Dusseldorf, Germany Date 1980 Building Type art museum Style Post-Modern Notes "Museum for Northrhine Westphalia". Competition project. 07. Einstein Tower Architect Erich Mendelsohn Location near Potsdam, Germany map Date 1919 to 1921 Building Type laboratory, observatory Construction System bearing masonry, concrete over brick Style Expressionist Early Modern Notes Curvaceous, streamlined form. 08. 09. Fagus Works Architect Walter Gropius Location Alfeld an der Leine, Germany map Date 1911 to 1913 Building Type factory Construction System steel, brick masonry, glass Style Early Modern Notes with Adolf Meyer. An influential rejection of ornament in the cause of functionalism. 10. Freising Library Architect unknown Location Freising, Oberbayern, Germany Date 1732 to 1738 Building Type library Construction System bearing masonry Style Baroque Notes deep windows in book-lined walls, reading stands. 11. H. Lange House Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Location Krefeld, Germany Date 1928 Building Type house Construction System brick bearing, steel spanning Style Modern Notes planar walls, strip windows, free cuboid composition. 12. House at Weissenhof Architect Le Corbusier Location Stuttgart, Germany map Date 1927 Building Type house Construction System stucco over brick Style Modern Notes Block massing articulated with horizontal window strip. 13. Hysolar Research Building Architect Gunter Behnisch Location Stuttgart, Germany map Date 1986 to 1987 Building Type experimental research center Construction System stainless steel, glass Context open field on campus Style High-Tech Modern Notes at Stuttgart Technical University. purposefully chaotic, improvisational, anti-orthogonal arrangement. 14. Library at Wiblingen Architect Christian Wiedermann Location Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany Date 1744 Building Type library Climate mild temperate Style baroque monastic Notes book-lined walls 15. Neue Staatsgalerie Architect James Stirling Location Stuttgart, Germany map Date 1977 to 1983 Building Type art museum Construction System stone cladding Style Post-Modern Notes with Michael Wilford. Complex, unusual forms, undulating walls, etc. 16. Porta Nigra Architect unknown Location Trier, Germany Building Type fortified gate Construction System cut stone bearing masonry Climate mediterranean Style Ancient Roman 17. Schminke House Architect Hans Scharoun Location Lobau, Germany Date 1933 Building Type house Construction System steel frame Style Modern Notes Projecting balconies softened by rounded tips. 18. Schocken Department Store Architect Erich Mendelsohn Location Stuttgart, Germany Date 1926 Building Type commercial retail Construction System concrete, brick Style Modern Notes site-determined irregular plan. exemplary development of building corner 19. The Palatine Chapel Architect unknown Location Aachen, Germany Date 796 to 814 Building Type church Construction System cut stone masonry Style Early Christian, Byzantine Notes Centralized plan, polychromatic arches. Built for Charlemagne. 20. Vierzehnheiligen Architect Johann Balthasar Neumann Location near Bamberg, Germany Date 1743 to 1772 Building Type church Construction System masonry, cut stone Style Late Baroque or Rococo Notes Daylight renders the lush, deeply sculpted interior. 21. Vitra Design Museum Architect Frank Gehry Location Weil-am-Rhein, Germany map Date 1990 Building Type museum Construction System metal roofs Context suburban ? Style Expressionist Modern Notes Abstract assemblage of cuboid and curvaceous forms. 22. Weissenhof Apartments Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Location Stuttgart, Germany map Date 1927 Building Type apartment housing Construction System stucco exterior Context suburban Style Modern Notes Prototype low-cost apartments in the International Style 23. Weissenhof Row Houses Architect J. J. P. Oud Location Stuttgart, Germany Date 1927 Building Type row houses Construction System stucco exterior Context suburban Style Modern Notes simple Modern style two-story units with gardens behind 24. Werkbund Theater Architect Henry van de Velde Location Cologne, Germany Date 1914 Building Type theater Construction System concrete frame Style Art Nouveau, Modern Architects Peter Behrens Hans Hollein Walter Gropius Hans Scharoun Hans Poelzig James Stirling Erich Mendelsohn Alvar Aalto Gunter Behnisch Christian Wiedermann Dominikus Bohm Richard Meier Karl Friedrich Schinkel Gottfried Bohm Manfred Lehmbruck Johann Balthasar Neumann Frank Gehry J. J. P. Oud Henry van de Velde Johan and Dominikus Zimmerman | ||
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