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The German name, Fachhallenhaus, is a regional variation of the term Hallenhaus ("hall house", sometimes qualified as the "Low Saxon hall house").In the academic definition of this type of house the word Fach does not refer to the Fachwerk or "timber-framing" of the walls, but to the large Gefach or "bay" between two pairs of the wooden posts (Ständer) supporting the ceiling of the hall and ...
Developments and discoveries in German-speaking nations in science, scholarship, and classical music have led to German words for new concepts, which have been adopted into English: for example the words doppelgänger and angst in psychology. Discussion of German history and culture requires some German words.
Prora was designed to house 20,000 holidaymakers, under the idea that every worker deserved a holiday at the beach. Designed by Clemens Klotz , who won a design competition overseen by Adolf Hitler 's chief architect Albert Speer , all rooms were planned to overlook the sea, while corridors and sanitation are located on the landward side. [ 4 ]
Pages in category "Buildings and structures by German architects" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following are German-born or Germany -based architects listed according to their architectural style. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Gothic Adam Kraft (or Krafft) (c. 1460? – January 1509) Renaissance Joseph Heintz (1564–1609) Elias Holl (1573–1646) Baroque ...
Model of the Große Halle. The Volkshalle (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌhalə], "People's Hall"), also called Große Halle ([ˌɡʁoːsə ˈhalə], "Great Hall") or Ruhmeshalle ([ˈʁuːməsˌhalə], "Hall of Glory"), was a proposal for a monumental, domed building to be built in a reconstituted Berlin (renamed as Germania) in Nazi Germany.
Pages in category "German architects" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of German ...
Otto speaking with Jawaharlal Nehru on the latter's visit to the Hindustan Housing Factory, 1950. Königsberger was born in Berlin in 1908, and trained as an architect there at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin), graduating in 1931.