Expressionist architecture occurs in architecture when an architect distorts a building or design for an emotional effect. This definition may be applied to a work of architecture of any time period, but a second definition pertains to architecture of a specific historical period. Expressionist architecture occured in Europe as a widely spread movement, mostly in Germany, between the romantic and the modern era. Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... Critical Regionalism is an approach to architecture that strives to counter the placelessness and lack of meaning in Modern Architecture by using contextual forces to give a sense of place and meaning. ... For the 2000 indie rock album by The White Stripes, see De Stijl (album). ... The aluminium clad east face of Daniel Libeskinds Imperial War Museum North. ... Perspective drawing from La Citta Nuova, 1914, by Antonia SantElia. ... Functionalism, in architecture, is the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building. ... The Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany (1927) The Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, Germany (1930) The International style was a major architectural trend of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Organic Architecture is a branch of architecture which promotes harmony between man and nature through design so well integrated with its site that buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition. ... San Antonio Public Library, Texas. ... Visionary architecture is the name given to architecture which exists only on paper or which has visionary qualities. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... In psychology and common terminology, emotion is the language of a persons internal state of being, normally based in or tied to their internal (physical) and external (social) sensory feeling. ... This is a list of named time periods defined in various fields of study. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... Romanticism was a secular and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... For Christian theological modernism see: Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ...

Important events in expressionist architecture were the Werkbund Exhibition (1914), the completion and theatrical running of the Grosse Schauspielhaus, and the Glass chain letters. The Werkbund Exhibition of 1914 was held in Cologne, Germany. ... A typical chain letter consists of a message that attempts to induce the recipient to make a number of copies of the letter and then pass them on to one or more new recipients. ...

Characteristics of Expressionist architecture

1: Distortion of form for an emotional effect.

2: Themes of natural romantic phenomena, such as caves, mountains, lightning, crystal and rock formations. As such it is more mineral and elemental than florid and organic which characterized it's close contemporary art nouveau. Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ... Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (USA) has the largest visible base-to-summit elevation difference on Earth. ... Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. ... It has been suggested that crystallization processes be merged into this article or section. ... // Rock may refer to: Geology Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... In mysticism, mythology and alchemy, an elemental is a creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water. ... Flora may refer to: Flora (goddess), a goddess in Roman mythology Flora (plants), a collective term for plant life; as distinct from fauna (animals); or, a book or other work that describes the plant species occurring in a particular area or region. ... Organic has several meanings and related topics. ... Alfons Mucha, lithographed poster Dancel (1898). ...

3: Utilizes creative potential of artisan craftmanship. An artisan, also called a craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with ones own hands and skill. ...

4: Tendency more towards the gothic than the classical. Besides its original meaning, of or relating to the Goths (Gothos, Getas), a Germanic tribe and thus the Gothic language and the Gothic alphabet, the word Gothic has been used to refer to distinctly different things: From a Renaissance perspective (originally Italian, gotico, with connotations of rough, barbarous), it conveyed... The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. ...

5: Though a movement in Europe, expressionism is as eastern as western. It draws as much from Moorish, Islamic, Egyptian, and Indian art and architecture than from Italian or Greek Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The term Eastern can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... The word western is an adjective used to refer to things that are in the West. ... For the terrain type see Moor Moors is used in this article to describe the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called Moorish. For other meanings look at Moors (Meaning) or Blackamoors. ... Islamic architecture, a part of the Islamic studies, is the entire range of architecture that has evolved within Muslim culture in the course of the history of Islam. ...

Notable Expressionist architects

• Herman Finsterlin
• Antoni Gaudi
• Hugo Häring
• Fritz Hoeger
• Carl Krayl
• Erich Mendelsohn
• Hans Poelzig
• Hans Scharoun
• Rudolf Steiner
• Bruno Taut

Antoni Gaud i Cornet (more widely known in the English speaking world under the Spanish version of his first name, as Antonio Gaud , or, just simply, Gaudi), (25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect famous for his unique designs expressing sculptural and individualistic qualities. ... Hugo Häring (May 11, 1882 – May 17, 1958) was a German architect and architectural writer best known for his writings on organic architecture, and as a figure in architectural debates about functionalism in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Translation in progress Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in their style. ... Hans Poelzig (April 30, 1869 Berlin - June 14, 1936 Berlin) was a German architect active in the Weimar years. ... Berlin Philharmonic Hans Bernhard Scharoun (born September 20, 1893 Bremen, Germany - November 25, 1972 Berlin, Germany), was a German architect best known for designing the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall and the Schminke House in Loebau/Saxony. ... Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Steiner (February 27, 1861 – March 30, 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright, educator, and social thinker. ... Bruno Julius Florian Taut (May 4, 1880, Konigsberg, Germany - December 24, 1938, Istanbul), was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active in the Weimar period. ...

Bibliography

• Pehnt, Wolfgang (1973). Expressionist Architecture. Thames and Hudson.
• http://www.archpedia.com/Styles-Expressionist.html

Gallery

Einstein Tower by Eric Mendelsohn

Glass pavilion at the Werkbund Exhibition (1914) by Bruno Taut

Antoni Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece, Sagrada Família