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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Berlin (Germany)en_US
dc.creatorBehrens, Peteren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-01T20:08:25Z
dc.date.available2010-04-01T20:08:25Z
dc.identifier142487en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/50335en_US
dc.descriptionOne 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.en_US
dc.descriptionexterior, top left: side facing Berlichingenstrasse; top right: detail of pilaster resting on its hinge; bottom right: internal wall with alternation between the window and pilaster; bottom left: detail of ground floor pilaster facing the yarden_US
dc.format.mediumglass (material)en_US
dc.format.mediummasonryen_US
dc.format.mediumsteelen_US
dc.relation.ispartof105000en_US
dc.subjectFactoriesen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial buildingsen_US
dc.subjectDesign, Industrialen_US
dc.subjectAllgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (Germany)en_US
dc.subjectTurbinesen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Modern --20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Germany --20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectClassicism in architectureen_US
dc.titleA.E.G. Turbine Factoryen_US
dc.title.alternativeA.E.G. High Tension Factoryen_US
dc.title.alternativeAEG Turbine Factoryen_US
dc.title.alternativeTurbinen Fabrik A.E.Gen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeFactory (structure)en_US
dc.contributor.displayarchitect: Peter Behrens (German, 1868-1940)en_US


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