Architectural Styles

    Expressionist

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Organic

    Avant-garde

    Amsterdam School

    Brick Expressionism

     

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    1905-1930

    • Curvilinear shapes
    • organic forms
    • Innovative use of natural light
    • concrete
    • glass
    • brick
    • unconventional ways
    • symbolic elements that reflect cultural or emotional themes,
    • harmonize with their surroundings
    • Germany
    • Netherlands
    • Scandinavia
    • global influences
    • Australia,

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Cultural
    • religious
    • public buildings
    • Bruno Taut’s Glass Pavilion Cologne
    • Einstein Tower Potsdam
    • Baha’i House of Worship Illinois
    • Sydney Opera House
    • Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
    • Goetheanum ornach Switzerland;
    • Great Playhouse Berlin
    • Water tower Poznań
    • Centennial Hall Wrocław, Poland
    • Anzeigerhochhaus Hanover
    • Bert-Brecht-Haus Oberhausen
    • Chilehaus Hamburg-Altstadt
    • Christkönigskirche Bischofsheim
    • Church of the Holy Cross Gelsenkirchen
    • Grundtvig’s Church Denmark
    • Maastunnel in Rotterdam
    • Borsig-Tower in Berlin-Tegel,
    • Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp
    • Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
    • Lotus Temple, in Delhi
    • Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík; 

    Often experiential, symbolic, or theatrical.

     

    • Grand Urban Hotels with Expressionist Massing
    • Department Stores / Offices to Hotels (Adaptive Reuse)
    • Brick Expressionist Residential Blocks to Guest Apartments
    • Theatrical / Cultural Hotels
    • Academic, Artistic & Spiritual Guesthouses
    • Spa Hotels & Health Resorts (Expressionist Phase)
    • Small hotels
    • Inns
    • Artist retreats
    • Hotel Atlanta 1924 (Expressionist interiors)
    • Chilehaus 1922-24 (Expressionist icon
    • Early Goetheanum 1913-1920
    • Sprinkenhof 1927-1943
    • Bad Nauheim Spa Buildings 1905-1911
    • Hotel Silken Puerta América – Zaha Hadid–designed floor (5th floor)

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Former Brick Expressionist commercial buildings in Hamburg and Bremen
    • Het Schip (museum + limited stays nearby)
    • Amsterdam School housing blocks used as serviced accommodation
    • Former Expressionist cinema buildings in Germany
    • Berlin and Leipzig Expressionist cultural buildings adapted for hospitality
    • Hotel Odeon (cinema-linked reuse)
    • Hotel Nhow Berlin (former warehouse Osthafen Speicher)

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