The AEG Factory in Berlin: Designed by Peter Behrens

Type :

Research papers

Pages :

2 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

10/08/2007

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Architecture

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Summary :

Introduction
The modernist movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Looking at the building from the outside
The interior of the building
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

Throughout the latter half of the 18th and through the 19th century, architecture remained stagnant in design and innovation. There were many great buildings designed during the time, but they all were stuck in the past, usually echoing the Gothic and Greek structures of old. It wasn't until the industrial revolution fully took hold, that architects were finally able to break out of the mold and began a new age of design: modern architecture. With the advent of new technologies such as poured concrete and exposed steel, architects now had new materials with which to work. One such architect, peter behrens, was one of the first to incorporate these new materials into his works, in an attempt to bridge the past and present. behrens finest achievement was his aeg factory in berlin, an immense building designed to house the production of turbines for the company. This great work of architecture was the first in a long line of industrial buildings that gave, as behrens said himself, "architectural dignity to the workplace."