SOM, Kirchsteigfeld, Potsdam, Germany, 1997
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Erich Mendelsohn, Floor Plans of the Einsteinturm, Potsdam, Germany, 1920-1 (via archiveofaffinities)
Expressionist Architecture
- Hans Poelzig, Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, Germany (1919): tragically defaced by the Nazis as entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art, i.e. Modernism) in 1933 and demolished in 1988 after being condemned
- Erich Mendelsohn, Einsteinturm, Potsdam, Germany (1921): His only true expressionist structure before he turned to crypto-classicism and Modernism
- Rudolf Steiner, Goetheanum, Basel, Switzerland (1923): Redesigned after the 1919 version was destroyed by arson
- Fritz Höger, Chilehaus, Hamburg, Germany (1923): Designed for saltpeter magnate from Chile with a major move of pure industrial thrust
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