Fragments of metropolis east/osten - Christoph Rauhut

The Architecture of Expressionism is the upheaval
of architecture in the roaring twenties
- with
regionally different emphases, schools and
protagonists. The series' third volume documents all
surviving buildings in Poland, the Czech Republic
and Slovak ia. The shared heritage of this important
European region is presented in a fascinating
rediscovery.

The enthusiasm for the expressionist metropolis, an
architecture of complexity, verticality and
theatricality, in the 1920s captured also East - Central
Euro pe. Despite regional differences, the surviving
fragments bear witness to a determined will of form
and a rich, skilful handling of colour, material and
light. Joint together, the buildings tell the story of
the expressionist vision of a new modern society . In
contemporary photographs and plan drawings
Fragment of Metropolis
- East documents 170
buildings in Bratislava, Brno, Gdansk, Hradec
Krlov, Katowice, Krakw, Legnica, Prague,
Szczecin, st nad Labem, Warsaw, Wroclaw, as
well as many other places.
A detailed index and
clearly arranged maps complete the reference work.