Architect |
Bruno Paul |
Date
Built |
1928 - 1930 |
Location |
Brückenstraße
and Herzogstraße, Cologne |
Description |
|
Cologne’s “DISCH-HAUS” was
designed by Bruno Paul in what was described
as the “New Objectivity” style. Paul was
an architect, illustrator, interior designer,
and furniture designer. His Wikipedia
entry says of him that he: "...facilitated the popular
acceptance of Modernism as the
characteristic style of the Twentieth
Century." Many sources credit
him for designing the Macey's Store in New
York in 1925 although other sources credit the
Macey's buildings from that period to Robert
D. Kohn. The Disch Haus received devastating damage during WWII leaving it as a burned-out shell. After the war the building was restored, then in 2007 KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten renewed it once again preserving its original features whilst including a Manufaktum emporium on the ground floor and office space above. |