Fragments of Metropolis - East | Osten

The enthusiasm for the expressionist metropolis, an architecture of complexity, verticality and theatricality, in the 1920s captured also East-Central Europe. Despite regional differences, the surviving fragments bear witness to a determined will of form and a rich, skilful handling of colour, material and light. Joint together, the buildings tell the story of the expressionist vision of a new modern society. In contemporary photographs and plan drawings Fragment of Metropolis  – East documents 170 buildings in Bratislava, Brno, Gdansk, Hradec Králové, Katowice, Kraków, Legnica, Prague, Szczecin, Ústí nad Labem, Warsaw, Wroclaw, as well as many other places. A detailed index and clearly arranged maps complete the reference work.
 
 
 
Including buildings by:
Otto Bartning, Peter Behrens, Max Berg, Josef Chochol, Pāvils Dreijmanis, Josef Gočár, Pavel Janák, Jan Kotěra, Emil Králíček, Otakar Novotný, Hans Poelzig, Jan Witkiewicz, and many others.