Main entry:

Posener, Julius.

Title & Author:

Hans Poelzig : reflections on his life and work / Julius Posener ; edited by Kristin Feireiss ; [translated by Christine Charlesworth].

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1992.

Description:

xiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

MIT Press

Notes:
Includes excerpts from Hans Poelzig's speeches and essays.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-280) and index.
Forward / Victioria Newhouse -- Preface -- 1. Developments in German architecture during Poelzig's lifetime -- Documentation -- Walter Gropius, address to the "Exhibition for Unknown Architects," 1919 -- Bruno Taut, address to the "Exhibition for Unknown Architects," 1919 -- Erich Mendelsohn, address to the Working Council for Art, 1919 -- Hermann Finsterlin, Casa Nova, 1924 -- 2. Hans Poelzig, the person, the artists : Breslau 1900-1916 -- Documentation -- Heinrich Lauterbach, reminiscence of hans Poelzig, 1951 -- Hans Poelzig, "The Modern Factory," 1911 -- Theodor Heuss, on Poelzig's paintings, 1939 -- Theodor Heuss, on Poelzig's personality, 1939 -- 3. Poelzig at work: Breslau 1904-1916 -- 4. A final word on Breslau -- Documentation -- Hans Poelzig, "Fermentation in Architecture," 1906 -- 5. Departure into the unknown : Dresden, 1916-1920 -- Documentation -- Theodor Heuss, introduction, The House of Friendship -- 6. Transition from Dresden to Berlin : the Grosses Schauspielhaus -- Documentation -- Arnold Zweig, "Theater, mass, individual," 1920 -- Hans Poelzig, address to the Werkbund, 1919 -- 7. The festival theater for Salzburg -- Documentation -- Theodor Heuss, on Poelzig as set designer, 1939 -- Hans Poelzig, "Festival Theater in Salzburg," 1921 -- 8. A new beginning : Berlin -- 9. Success -- Documentation -- Hans Poelzig, "On architecture in our time," 1922 -- Walter Riezler, "Do technical forms become outdated?" 1922 -- Hans Poelzig, "The Architect," 1931 -- 10. Works 1924-1931 -- 11. The final years 1932-1936 -- Documentation -- Theodor Heuss, on Poelzig's final years, 1939 -- 12. The late designs 1932-1936 -- 13. Reflections -- Postscript -- List of buildings and designs by Hans Poelzig.
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Summary:

A study of Hans Poelzig written by one of his former students, which provides a personal memoir, a primary source and first-hand account of this teacher and master builder. It follows his career from Breslau to Dresden and Berlin and also provides a definition of the phases of Poelzig's work.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0262161273
9780262161275

Subject:

Poelzig, Hans, 1869-1936.
Poelzig Hans Architektur.
Poelzig, Hans.
Grosses Schauspielhaus (Berlin, Germany)
Architects Germany Biography.
Architecture Germany History 20th century.
Architectes Allemagne Biographies.
Architecture Allemagne 20e siècle.
Architects
Architecture
Germany

Form/genre:

Essays.
Biographies.
Speeches (documents).
History
Books.

Added entries:

Feireiss, Kristin.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 152217
Call No.: NA44.P744.9 P6 1992
Copy: copy 2
Status: Available