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    Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter and set designer. Poelzig was born in Berlin in 1869 to Countess Clara Henrietta...
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    Frühlicht (Early Light). Bruno Taut and Hans Scharoun stress the creative importance of the Freudian unconscious. Hans Poelzig is made chairman of the Deutscher...
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  • He was the stepfather of Albert, Prince Consort, and grandfather of Hans Poelzig. Alexander von Hanstein came from the Thüringer noble family of Hanstein...
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    IG Farben Building (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    the subject of a competition which was eventually won by the architect Hans Poelzig. On its completion, the complex was the largest office building in Europe...
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    Großes Schauspielhaus (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    often described as an example of expressionist architecture, designed by Hans Poelzig for theatre impresario Max Reinhardt. The structure was originally a...
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    Friedrichstadtpalast) in 1919, following its expressionist conversion by Hans Poelzig. By 1930, he ran eleven stages in Berlin and, in addition, managed the...
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    building for the new use for it was rebuilt again by the renowned architect Hans Poelzig. After this, the market hall had been transformed, with cast-iron columns...
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    this include Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer's 1911 Fagus Factory or Hans Poelzig's 1912 department store in Breslau (Wrocław). However, in the aftermath...
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    Hjalmar Poelzig drew inspiration from the life of occultist Aleister Crowley, while the name "Poelzig" was borrowed from architect Hans Poelzig, whom Ulmer...
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    group of working architects, including Erich Mendelsohn, Bruno Taut and Hans Poelzig, turned away from fanciful experimentation and towards rational, functional...
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    The landscaping and buildings surrounding the hall were laid out by Hans Poelzig and were opened on 20 May 1913 in the presence of Crown Prince William...
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    Foyer of the Großes Schauspielhaus, or Great Theater, in Berlin by Hans Poelzig (1919) The Einstein Tower near Berlin by Erich Mendelsohn (1920–24) The...
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    Ofiar Oświęcimskich Street in Wrocław (by Hans Poelzig, 1912–13) Four Domes Pavilion in Wrocław (by Hans Poelzig, 1912–13) Centennial Hall in Wrocław (by...
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    Funkturm, erected in 1926 on the Messe Berlin grounds Haus des Rundfunks by Hans Poelzig, 1931, today broadcasting centre of the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)...
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    now headquarters of The Left party (Die Linke) "Babylon" Cinema by Hans Poelzig, 1929, a location of the annual Berlin International Film Festival Old...
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    Kino Babylon (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    The building was erected 1928–29. It was designed by the architect Hans Poelzig in the Neue Sachlichkeit style. In 1948 the theatre was heavily renovated...
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  • Architects that employed this style include Antoni Gaudí, Bruno Taut, and Hans Poelzig. Fantastic architecture should not be confused with novelty architecture...
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    Haus des Rundfunks (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    is the world's oldest self-contained broadcasting centre. Designed by Hans Poelzig in 1929 after he won an architectural competition, the building contains...
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    von Holtei Gustav Freytag Gerhart Hauptmann Paul Keller Otto Mueller Hans Poelzig Max Berg Oskar Moll Alfred Kerr Paul Löbe Hugo Hartung List of oldest...
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    was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Architect and designer Hans Poelzig created the film's scenery as a highly stylised interpretation of the...
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    Kreis (Rhineland and Westphalia) Paul Mebes (Berlin, Eastern Germany) Hans Poelzig (Berlin, Breslau) Wilhelm Riphahn (Cologne) Fritz Schumacher (Hamburg)...
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  • the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft. Designed in 1929 by the architect Hans Poelzig (1869-1936), it is the world's first self-contained broadcasting centre...
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  • William Mortensen, Hans Brick, Max Reinhardt, Orrin Klapp, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. C. Fields, P. T. Barnum, Hans Poelzig, Reginald Marsh, Wilhelm...
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    the national mood. Architects such as Bruno Taut, Erich Mendelsohn and Hans Poelzig turned to New Objectivity's straightforward, functionally minded, matter-of-fact...
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    homicide in 1931 at the hands of members of the KPD. A monument created by Hans Dammann commemorating Anlauf and Lenck was erected in the square in 1934;...
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  • (born 1937), Italy Stjepan Planić (1900–1980) Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) Hans Poelzig (1869–1936) Gino Pollini (1903–1991), Italy James Polshek (born 1930)...
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    painted red, blue, and yellow, and was destroyed in the war. 20: Hans Poelzig Poelzig's contribution is a single-family, two-story home with a winter garden...
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    works took place in 1911–1913, following the project of Max Berg and Hans Poelzig. The Exhibition Grounds were designed to honor the centennial anniversary...
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  • section of the academy rose to prominence under the directorship of Hans Poelzig, who contributed greatly, along with Max Berg, to the Neues Bauen movement...
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  • was first in his class under Vedat Tek in 1928, and later worked with Hans Poelzig in Germany. In 1933, he designed the Glass Villa of Çankaya Köşkü, the...
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