A fantastic rediscovery of the Expressionist heritage of the Rhine-Ruhr region
A well-planned reference work with index and maps
Architecture from Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Münster, Oberhausen and elsewhere
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Fragments of Metropolis - Rhine | Ruhr
Expressionist Heritage of the Rhine-Ruhr Region
2nd Revised Edition
The architecture of Expressionism marks the starting point of the discipline into the Golden Twenties - also in the urban cityscape of the metropolises of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This volume documents for the first time in a complete overview all the buildings in the region which still exist and shows a completely new perspective on a familiar region - a fascinating rediscovery in terms of sheer volume.
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Enthusiasm for the Expressionist metropolis, an architecture by complexity, verticality and a sense of drama, also embraced the urban landscape of the Rhine-Ruhr region during the 1920s. The Expressionist fragments which have survived to this day bear witness to a determined love of form and a rich and skilful treatment of colour, material and light. The volume documents in contemporary photographs and plans 155 buildings in Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Münster, Oberhausen and elsewhere. A detailed index and clearly drawn-up maps complete this reference work.
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Das Buch ist edel gemacht, hat ein sehr durchgestyltes Design - man spürt die Hand der beiden Architekten Rauhut und Lehmann - und ein ungewöhnliches Format. Der Hirmer Verlag ist eine gute Adresse, bekannt seit Jahrzehnten für hochqualitative Bildbände.
Denkmalpflege im Rheinland, LVR-Amt
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Foreword by Paul Kahlfeldt
English-German edition
256 pages, 150 colour illustrations,
30 drawn-up maps
15,5 x 24,5 cm, hardcover
English-German edition
256 pages, 150 colour illustrations,
30 drawn-up maps
15,5 x 24,5 cm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2772-0
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