Expressionism - Einstein Tower in Potsdam-Berlin by Erich Mendelsohn 1919-22 - Printable Version

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Expressionism - Einstein Tower in Potsdam-Berlin by Erich Mendelsohn 1919-22 - Niyati Gupta - 08-22-2014

Einstein Tower in Potsdam-Berlin by Erich Mendelsohn 1919-22

Erich Mendelsohn's small, but powerfully modeled tower, built to symbolize the greatness of the Einsteinian concepts, was also a quite functional house. It was designed to hold Einstein's own astronomical laboratory...

Mendelsohn was after a completely plastic kind of building, moulded rather than built, without angles and with smooth, rounded corners. The total external effect was obtained by rendering the concrete / plaster as surface material . This ‘monument of architectural Expressionism' is one of the most brilliantly original buildings of the twentieth century."

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