Fragments of Metropolis - Rhein | Ruhr: Expressionist Heritage of the Rhein-Ruhr Region [Hardcover]

Expressionism powerfully heralded the onset of the twenties. Today, the buildings that remain demonstrate great creativity with form and skillful use of light, color, and material, highlighting verticality and drama—the essence of the modern metropolis. WithFragments of Metropolis: Berlin,researcher Christoph Rauhut and photographer Niels Lehmann set out to document all the remaining expressionist buildings in Berlin. WithFragments of Metropolis—Rhein | Ruhr,Rauhut and Lehmann present the results of the next phase of this major undertaking, showing that the Rhine-Ruhr region had a similarly rich expressionist heritage.
Lehmann’s new photographs are here set alongside drawings, an illustrated index of buildings, and maps that help the reader group the buildings by area, including Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen, Cologne, Münster, Oberhausen, and more. Simultaneously a celebration of a lost period and a reminder of the riches it has left to us, Fragments of Metropolis—Rhein | Ruhris a stunning achievement of historical and artistic preservation.
 

Christoph Rauhutis bsased in Berlin, where he works for the German Cultural Heritage Committee.Niels Lehmannis a Zürich-based architect and architectural photographer.

Paul Kahlfeldt
Architecture as paragon and admonition
 
Christoph Rauhut
Metropolis on the Rhine and Ruhr
 
The Fragments
 
Maps
 
Index of Buildings
 
Architects