Title & Author:

Bruno Paul, Haus Friedwart, Wetzlar / text, Alfred Ziffer ; photographien/photographs, Deitmel + Wittmar, Gerd Schartscheer.

Publication:

Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, c2008.

Description:

55 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Series:

Opus ; 67

Notes:
Parallel text in German and English.
Includes bibliographical references.
Alfred Ziffer: Haus Friedwart in Wetzlar -- Floor Plans -- Pictorial Section (Exterior views) -- Entrance -- Lobby -- Cloakroom -- Hall -- Biedermeier room -- Dining Room -- Red Vestibule -- Musik Room -- Living Room -- Loggia -- Former Private Rooms -- Kitchen -- Pavilion.
Dust jacket.
Text in German and English.

Summary:

Ernst Leitz was taking the prototype for the legendary Leica camera to be tested in North America when 'Haus Friedwart' in his hometown of Wetzlar was begun. The architect, Bruno Paul (1874-1968) was a sought-after designer of challenging interior designs and architect of grand upper-middle class houses and public buildings. Text in German & English. Ernst Leitz was taking the prototype for the legendary Leica camera to be tested in North America when 'Haus Friedwart' in his hometown of Wetzlar was begun. The architect, Bruno Paul (1874-1968) was a sought-after designer of challenging interior designs and architect of grand upper-middle class houses and public buildings. By means of wood panelling, fittings and the design of ceilings, he gives every room a special character. Details such as door handles, radiator screens and lamps remain today, as does all the furniture designed for the house. This building is therefore a unique example of Bruno Paul's special art, which, through zigzag lines, twin arches and star forms, represents an early example of Art Deco.

ISBN:

3932565673
9783932565670

Subject:

Leitz, Ernst Homes and haunts.
Paul, Bruno, 1874-1968.
Leitz, Ernst, 1871-1956 Homes and haunts.
Schmidt, Jean Emil, 1877-1959
Haus Friedwart (Wetzlar, Germany)
Interior decoration Germany Wetzlar History 20th century.
Architecture Germany Wetzlar History.
Art deco (Architecture) Germany Wetzlar 20th century.
Décoration intérieure Allemagne Wetzlar Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Allemagne Wetzlar Histoire.
Art déco (Architecture) Allemagne Wetzlar 20e siècle.
Individual architects Germany.
Architecture.
Art deco (Architecture)
Homes.
Interior decoration.
Architecture, Domestic Germany Wetzlar
Art deco (Architecture) Germany Wetzlar
Germany Wetzlar.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Ziffer, Alfred.
Scharfscheer, Gerd
Deimel + Wittmar
Opus (Berlin, Germany) ; 67.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258856
Call No.: NA44.P3242.9 Z5 2008
Status: Available