jan 1, 1908 - A.E.G. Turbine
Erection Hall
Description:
Berlin
Peter Behrens
faced a problem of designing a building for a strictly industrial purpose, but at the same time giving it the 'prestige' character company expected.
It is a neo-classical building, designed on lines of a temple, but with all the stylistic signs and symbols left out or changed.
Remember! Sir John Soane was doing this more than 100 years earlier. - Dulwich Art Gallery
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