A.E.G. Turbine Factory

Behrens, Peter
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A.E.G. High Tension Factory
AEG Turbine Factory
Turbinen Fabrik A.E.G
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One of [Behrens] earliest designs was for the celebrated turbine factory (1909; see Modern movement, fig. 1; see Buddensieg and others, 1984, pp. 273–81) in Moabit, Berlin, which used an exposed hinged steel frame—designed with Karl Bernhard (b 1859)—and undecorated masonry cladding on the gable end to create one of the canonical statements of 20th-century architecture, in which transparency and the rhythms of the industrial process were combined with classical monumentality.
 
perspective drawing, view from the southeast, signed 'Peter Behrens' in the bottom right ("Der Industriebau", 1, n. 6, June 15, 1910)
 
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Factory (structure)
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Factories, Industrial buildings, Design, Industrial, Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (Germany), Turbines, Architecture, Modern --20th century, Architecture --Germany --20th century, Classicism in architecture, Architectural drawings, Architecture --Designs and plans, Perspective views
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