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Hans Poelzig

Hans Poelzig
Personal information
Name Hans Poelzig
Nationality German
Birth date April 30, 1869
Birth place Berlin
Date of death June 14, 1936
Place of death Berlin
Work
Significant buildings I.G. Farben Building

Großes Schauspielhaus
Haus des Rundfunks in Charlottenburg
Significant projects Palace of the Soviets

League of Nations
Film sets for The Golem

Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 Berlin – June 14, 1936 Berlin) was a German architect, painter and set designer. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The IG Farben Building or the Poelzig Building, was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main The Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater was a theatre in Berlin, Germany, often described as an example of Expressionist architecture, designed by The Haus des Rundfunks ( House of Broadcasting) located in Charlottenburg, Berlin, is the oldest self contained broadcasting house in the world Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 The Palace of Soviets (Дворец Советов Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct an administrative center and a congress hall in Moscow, The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The Golem How He Came Into the World (original German title Der Golem wie er in die Welt kam) is a 1920 silent Horror Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as

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Life

Polezig was born in Berlin in 1869 to the countess Clara Henrietta Maria Polezig while she was married to the Geogre Acland Ames, and Englishman. Uncertain of his paternity, Ames refused to acknowledge Hans as his son and consequently he was brought up by a local choirmaster and his wife. In 1899 he married Maria Voss with whom they had four children. [1]

Education

In 1903 he became a teacher and director at the Wrocław Art Academy (Kunst- und Gewerbeschule Breslau). From 1920-1935 he taught at the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Hochschule Berlin). The Technical University of Berlin ( Berlin Institute of Technology, TUB, TU Berlin, German Technische Universität Berlin) is located Director of the Architecture Department of the Preußische Akademie der Kunste in Berlin. The Akademie der Künste Berlin ( Academy of the Arts Berlin) is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

Career

After finishing his architectural education around the turn of the century, Poelzig designed many industrial buildings. He designed the 51. 2 m tall Upper Silesia Tower in Poznań for an industrial fair in 1911. Poznań Lublin Voivodeship This article is about the city in Poland It later became a water tower. He was appointed city architect of Dresden in 1916. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German He was an influential member of the Deutscher Werkbund. The Deutscher Werkbund (German Work Federation was a German association of artists architects designers and industrialists

Poelzig was also known for his distinctive 1919 interior redesign of the Berlin Grosses Schauspielhaus for Weimar impresario Max Reinhardt, and for his vast architectural set designs for the 1920 UFA film production of The Golem: How He Came Into the World. Max Reinhardt ( September 9, 1873 - October 30, 1943) was an Austrian (later naturalised American) theatre and film Universum Film AG, better known as Ufa or UFA, was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic The Golem How He Came Into the World (original German title Der Golem wie er in die Welt kam) is a 1920 silent Horror (Poelzig mentored Edgar Ulmer on that film; when Ulmer directed the 1934 film noir Universal Studios production of The Black Cat, he returned the favor by naming the architect-Satanic-high-priest villain character "Hjalmar Poelzig", played by Boris Karloff. Edgar G Ulmer ( September 17, 1904 &ndash September 30, 1972) was an Austrian - American film director Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The Black Cat is a 1934 Horror film that became Universal Pictures ' biggest box office hit of the year Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s )

With his Weimar architect contemporaries like Bruno Taut and Ernst May, Poelzig's work developed through Expressionism and the New Objectivity in the mid-1920s before arriving at a more conventional, economical style. Bruno Julius Florian Taut ( 4 May 1880, Königsberg, Germany &ndash 24 December 1938, Istanbul) was a prolific German Ernst May ( 27 July 1886, Frankfurt am Main &mdash 11 September 1970, Hamburg) was a German architect and Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety is a name often given to the Modern architecture that emerged in In 1927 he was one of the exhibitors in the first International Style project, the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart. The International style was a major Architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s The Weissenhof Estate (or Weissenhof Settlement; in German Weißenhofsiedlung) is an estate Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. In the 1920s he ran the "Studio Poelzig" in partnershp with his wife Marlene (Nee Moeschke) (1894-1985). Poelzig also designed the 1929 Broadcasting House in the Berlin suburb of Charlottenburg, a landmark of architecture, and Cold War and engineering history. Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the

1912 Department Store, Wrocław
1912 Department Store, Wrocław
South facade of the 1931 Poelzig Building at Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M.
South facade of the 1931 Poelzig Building at Goethe University, Frankfurt a. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia M.

Poelzig's single best-known building is the enormous and legendary I.G. Farben Building, completed in 1931 as the administration building for IG Farben in Frankfurt am Main, now known as the Poelzig Building at Goethe University. The IG Farben Building or the Poelzig Building, was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG, "syndicate of dyestuff corporations" and also called I The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (also known as Frankfurt University) was founded in 1914 as a Citizens' University which means that while it was In March 1945 the building was occupied by American Allied forces under Eisenhower, became his headquarters, and remained in American hands until 1995. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general Some of his designs that were never built included one for the Palace of the Soviets and one for the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva. The Palace of Soviets (Дворец Советов Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct an administrative center and a congress hall in Moscow, The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920

Poelzig died in Berlin in June 1936, shortly before his planned departure for Ankara. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul.

Babylon cinema and apartments in Berlin
Babylon cinema and apartments in Berlin

Legacy

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Awards

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Citations

  1. ^ Dawson, p. The Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater was a theatre in Berlin, Germany, often described as an example of Expressionist architecture, designed by is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. The Haus des Rundfunks ( House of Broadcasting) located in Charlottenburg, Berlin, is the oldest self contained broadcasting house in the world Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 The IG Farben Building or the Poelzig Building, was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main The Palace of Soviets (Дворец Советов Dvorets Sovetov) was a project to construct an administrative center and a congress hall in Moscow, The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The Golem How He Came Into the World (original German title Der Golem wie er in die Welt kam) is a 1920 silent Horror 96

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