Vielfalt der Moderne (Diversity of Modernism).
To me, this term characterizes architecture from 1900 to 1935.
So much happened in those few decades, and so many different building styles were experimented with. It never stops fascinating me.
To me, careful consideration of history, region, and location seems essential. The sole yardstick of the spectacular does not do justice to the variety of architectural expressions from that time.
This website presents known and documented buildings and architects, as well as those that have been more or less forgotten, and is continuously updated.
The overview reveals an astonishing variety of design concepts that often cannot be assigned to a particular style. Rather, they are characterized by hybrid tendencies, stylistic influences, upheavals, and mixed forms.
Regional differences in construction, design, use of materials, and stylistics played a decisive role alongside the uncertain pluralism of the 1920s and the young democracy of the Weimar Republic. This is reflected in the broad spectrum of architectural and artistic designs.
Alongside the functionalism and new objectivity of architects of the Neues Bauen movement, a number of alternative approaches emerged to develop architecture appropriate for the new democratic society.
In Germany alone during the 1920s, Hans Scharoun‘s organic architecture, Bruno Taut‘s colorful projects, the Stuttgart School‘s masonry work, Fritz Höger‘s brick expressionism, and the Postbauschule‘s plaster buildings developed.
The many facets of modern architecture range from industrially oriented avant-garde modernism to moderate modernism and numerous varieties of expressionism.
Additionally, the predecessor buildings of Art Nouveau and German Reform Architecture paved the way for modernism, providing essential impulses for its later development.
In only 35 years, a multitude of different, expressive building forms emerged that are worth viewing, discussing, and documenting.