#german architecture

[ancientsstudies]

UNESCO-Welterbe Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth by baroqueblockbuster.

[arc-hus]

Mary Queen of Peace Church, Neviges, Germany - Gottfried Boehm

[modernbrutalismus]

Kirche Christi Auferstehung (Church of the Resurrection of Christ), Cologne, Germany.

(Arch. Gottfried Böhm, 1968-70)

Photo by Carlos Traspaderne with Hasselblad 500 C/M & Ilford film.

[coffeeandstrawberries]

Frauenkirche Dresden

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Entrance hall of the regional court of Berlin

[germanpostwarmodern]

During the 1960s and 1970s Munich became home to some very succinct and sometimes even funky buildings: besides the numerous buildings for the 1972 Olympic Games for example the short-lived Schwabylon (1973-79) shopping center by Justus Dahinden, the latter’s Tantris restaurant or the Citta 2000 set new accents in Munich’s urban environment.

In the area of housing several buildings by the team of Jürgen von Gagern, Peter Ludwig and Udo von der Mühlen set new standards in terms of facade design and internal organization: by applying cross-wall construction they were able to combine flexible and spacious floor plans with large window areas and expressively designed balconies, perfectly embodied by the Orpheus & Eurydike apartment complex.

With their last project, the Amalienpassage (1969-77), the architects then heralded a new degree of complexity and urban integration: with the clear intention to continue Munich’s urban structure, the architects designed a complex sequence of courtyards that creates a connection between the Amalienpassage and the Türkenstraße. That the multiform building despite its complexity appears as a coherent whole is thanks to the color scheme developed by Eva von Gagern-Hübsch as well as Karl Kagerer’s design of the outdoor areas that add a high quality of stay to this exceptional project.

Sadly, Jürgen von Gagern already in July of 1975 left the firm and finalized the project without his former partners, a move that was followed by law suits and bad blood.

The history of vGLVdM as well as the individual architect’s career after the firm’s dissolution for the first time has been comprehensively documented in the present publication: „von Gagern, Ludwig, von Der Mühlen: Bauten von 1958 bis 1998“, recently published by Hirmer and edited by Benjamin Eder & Stefan Imhof, features a comprehensive history of the firm, 12 exemplary buildings as well as a complete work catalogue. The featured buildings are extensively documented in photos, plans and sections that offer deep insights into the complex disposition of many of vGLVdM’s designs and one can only thank the editors for this long overdue publication. Highly recommended!

[madeleineengland]

Nymphenburg Palace (Munich, Germany).

The great hall. Ceiling painted by Johann Baptist Zimmerman

[jambuonthemoon]

ludwigsburg, germany (june 2024) 🏰🇩🇪🎠

i wish i took more pictures here, such a beautiful palace with amazing history! we could not take pictures on the inside but the gardens were absolutely stunning.

photos by me :)

[juliaknz]

WERNER SOBEK HAUS R128, 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Image © Zooey Braun, Roland Halbe

[contemplatingsaudade]

German castles, Burg Stahleck originally built in the 12th century, destroyed in the 17th, and rebuilt in 20th.

From the 1957 book on German castles "Bergen."

[dokuzadaiyuho]

Bremen old town

[tilbageidanmark]

The old Kugekhaus (Sphere building) in Dresden. It was built in 1928, and demolished by the Nazis in 1938, for being "Un-German".

[arc-hus]

Library in Kressbronn, Germany - Steimle Architekten

[modernbrutalismus]

Rathaus Bensberg, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.

(Arch. Gottfried Böhm, 1962-67)

Photo by Carlos Traspaderne with Hasselblad 500 C/M & Ilford film.

[dashalbrundezimmer]

rüttenscheider straße // essen rüttenscheid

colours, shapes, structures! part II

houses, advertising, noise barriers.

the stacked city.

[masafumitsuji]

Mariendom Type : Church Architect : Gottfried Böhm Year : 1963-1968 Country : Germany Address : Elberfelder Str. 12, 42553 Velbert Photo : Masafumi Tsuji 辻 優史