Detail View: SHIMMER: Glass Pavilion

Title: 
Glass Pavilion
Creation Date: 
1914
Image Date: 
1914
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country: 
GERMANY
Material: 
concrete ribs , coloured glass walls
Display Creator: 
TAUT, Bruno
Image ID: 
12-0014
Description: 
Exterior view from a contemporary photograph of the exhibition. The base of the Pavilion has 14 sides, and it sat on a rounded concrete plinth with two sets of opposing entrance steps. Designed for the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition, Cologne, and sponsored by the German Glass Industry - the building was demolished after the exhibition closed. {Photographed in an exhibition at the Hamburg Bahnhof Museum, Berlin in 2012)
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
TAUT, Bruno
Creator Dates - Born: 
1880
Creator Dates - Died: 
1938
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
German.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- Germany
Subject Heading: 
Exhibitions -- Germany
Subject Heading: 
Exhibitions -- Buildings, structures, etc
Subject Heading: 
Glass -- In architecture
Subject Heading: 
Geodesic domes
Subject Heading: 
Expressionism (Architecture)
Subject Heading: 
Pavilions
Subject Heading: 
Temporary structures (Building)