Saturday 17 December 2016

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus

I'm pretty sure that if the City of Warehouses in Hamburg was built today it wouldn't look as good as it looks

Speicherstadt
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The Speicherstadt (literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in HamburgGermany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg—within the HafenCity quarter—and was built from 1883 to 1927. 


Speicherstadt
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The warehouses were built with different support structures, but Andreas Meyer created a Neo-Gothic red-brick outer layer with little towers, alcoves, and glazed terra cotta ornaments. The warehouses are multi-storey buildings with entrances from water and land. One of the oldest warehouses is the Kaispeicher B of the International Maritime Museum. - in: wikipedia


Chilehaus
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The Chilehaus (Chile House) is a ten-story office building in HamburgGermany. It is located in the Kontorhausviertel. It is an exceptional example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. This large angular building is located on a site of approximately 6,000m², spanning the Fischertwiete Street in Hamburg. It was designed by the German architect Fritz Höger and finished in 1924. - in: wikipedia

Hamburg

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