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Hallfield Primary School, Paddington (1951) by Drake and Lasdun.

Grade II* listed school built as part of the Hallfield estate in Paddington. Originally designed by Denys Lasdun and Lindsay Drake, two new buildings were built in 2006 by Caruso St. John.

Image from AJ Buildings.

Open House London Weekend

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Sesto San Giovanni Service Station, Aldo Favini, 1949

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balles de foin, rang saint-isidore, hébertville

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Surf cities

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Residential tower in St. Petersburg, Russia. Designed by V.A. Sokhin, V.M. Sokolov, and P.V. Kurochkin (Lenniiproiekt), 1987. Referred to as "House on Chicken Legs" by locals.

(Nicolas Grospierre)

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a beautiful composition of light and shadow at Tadao Ando arts Centre Follow Research.Lighting on Tumblr

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D23 by Danny Casillas, on Flickr

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Fire Station, Boots Factory, Beeston

1938

Owen Williams

Image from RIBApix

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Mixed Media by Duane Moore, on Flickr

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Central Fire station, Northampton

1938

J. C. Prestwich & Sons

Image from RIBApix

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pommier, rang saint-isidore, hébertville

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Scott Bergey

scottbergey.etsy.com

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balles de foin, rang saint-isidore, hébertville

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In postwar Germany the so-called „Braunschweiger Schule“ around Dieter Oesterlen, Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer and Walter Henn was the leading architectural school. Famed for modest yet carefully detailed designs especially Oesterlen and Kraemer realized a number of well-known, high profile buildings that until today symbolize postwar architecture originating from Technical University Braunschweig. Walter Henn’s work on the other hand is lesser known outside of expert circles, mainly due to the fact that he primarily worked in the field of industrial architecture. But in contrast to many purely functional industrial buildings Henn in his designs sought to bring together function and beauty, an approach that resulted in numerous buildings for corporate clients. The aesthetic quality of his architecture, among other topics, is examined in the present monograph: „Walter Henn - Die Ästhetik des Funktionalen“, edited by Susann Buttolo & Hans-Georg Lippert and published by Thelem in 2012. It contains seven essays (plus a lengthy interview with Henn’s colleagues, students and children) which offer profound insights into the life and personality of the architect, his position within postwar architecture in Germany and the „Braunschweiger Schule“ in particular, his long-term teaching at TU Braunschweig and, of course, also into his design process. But the major part of the book is taken up by Henn’s key buildings, among them the Mensa of TU Braunschweig, that have primarily been photographed by Heinrich Heidersberger, the preferred photographer of the Braunschweiger Schule architects. Through the latter’s pictorial compositions the architecture of Walter Henn reveals its rigid and elaborately constructed beauty, especially with regard to his 1950s and 1960s designs.

„Die Ästhetik des Funktionalen“ is a highly informative tribute to an architect whose influence on industrial architecture in postwar Germany cannot be overestimated but who at the same time breathed beauty into otherwise strictly functional buildings. Highly recommended!