Expressionist Architecture

表現主義建築 / 1910s–1920s / Style / Modern Architecture

Architecture that speaks emotion and symbol through sculptural curves and brick detail — Mendelsohn's streamlines, the Amsterdam School's undulating housing — modernism's other road, unabsorbed by functionalism.

Sculptural curved masses / Expressive brickwork / Crystal and organic motifs / Handcrafted detail

Expressionist Architecture — メンデルゾーン アインシュタイン塔（CC BY-SA 3.0）Expressionist Architecture — デ・クレルク『ヘット・スヒップ』（CC BY 3.0）Expressionist Architecture — スパールンダム地区の集合住宅
メンデルゾーン アインシュタイン塔（CC BY-SA 3.0） ／ デ・クレルク『ヘット・スヒップ』（CC BY 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Erich Mendelsohn / Michel de Klerk / Bruno Taut's glass visions

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