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  Egon Eiermann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Egon Eiermann (born September 29, 1904, Neuendorf; died July 20, 1970, Baden-Baden) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century.
Eiermann studied at the Technical University of Berlin.
He worked for the Karstadt building department for a time, and before World War II had an office with fellow architect Fritz Jaenecke.
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 Egon Eiermann
Egon Eiermann (1904 - 1970) is primarily known as an architect who exerted a formative influence on postwar German architecture.
Steel-skeleton buildings such as the Memorial Church in Berlin or the "Langer Eugen" skyscraper for parliamentarians in Bonn are two typical examples of Egon Eiermann’s architectural aesthetics.
Egon Eiermann for the german pavillion of the world fair 1958 in Brussels.
www.tecnolumen.de /index.php/page/34/title/Egon_Eiermann.htm   (89 words)

  
 Egon Eiermann Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin - Pressrelease
Egon Eiermann was already a known figure in architectural circles during the 1930s.
After the war, Eiermann was able to draw on this experience, and devoted himself to the reconstruction of war-torn Germany as a skilled proponent of modern architecture.
On the occasion of Egon Eiermann's 100th birthday, this first comprehensive retrospective of his oeuvre is being presented by the Südwestdeutsches Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbau (saai) at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in collaboration with the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe and the Bauhaus Archive Berlin.
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 Egon Eiermann: Architect and Designer 1904-1970
Eiermann also created a number of successful furniture designs, including his famous drawing table stand, the SE 18 folding chair, and the E 10 rattan lounge chair, now known as the Eiermann chair.
Among Eiermann’s best-known buildings are the IBM headquarters in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, the Olivetti corporate center in Frankfurt am Main, the former high-rise office building for Members of the German Bundestag in Bonn, and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.
Eiermann was also a highly respected educator and architectural innovator.
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 Archinect : Links : Egon Eiermann
In the period prior to World War II, Egon Eiermann acted more or less in the capacity of in-house architect for the Grieneisen Funeral Company in Berlin, where he was entrusted with numerous commissions.
During the years of Germany's Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle, Egon Eiermann became a planner of large-scale administrative complexes for international corporations such as Neckermann, IBM and Olivetti.
Eiermann was also responsible for the interior design and complete furnishings in many of his buildings.
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 MURA : Think Void
The first comprehensive retrospective on the life and work of the architect Egon Eiermann (1904-1970), shown on the occasion of the centenary of his birth at Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, makes a stop at the Bauhaus-Archiv from 29 January to 16 May 2005 in Berlin.
Egon Eiermann was one of the most important architects of the 20th century, and his work enjoys world-wide recognition.
Beside others, Eiermann created a unified work of art in his reconstruction of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, which had been destroyed in the war – nicknamed "Puderdose und Lippenstift" (powder box and lipstick).
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 Germany Info: Culture & Life
Egon Eiermann’s Chancery, whose visionary international design belies its actual age, turned 40 this year, while O.M. Ungers’s Residence, a study in stripped classicism, turned ten.
The first major Eiermann retrospective opened this month in Karlsruhe, where the architect worked, and features the Embassy’s chancery along side of his other famous works, including the Friedrich Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin (1958-64) and the German Pavilion at the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels.
Eiermann gained renown through these works; his transparent, international style is recognized as a conscious break from the aesthetics of Third Reich architecture.
germany-info.org /relaunch/culture/new/cul_eiermann_tour_9_2004.html   (471 words)

  
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Eiermann influenced postwar German architecture to an extent unrivaled by any other architect.
His work is characterized by striking transparency, sensitive response to materials, high artistic standards, and rigorous attention to design quality.
His furniture designs include his famous drawing table stand, the SE 18 folding chair, and the E 10 rattan lounge chair now known as the Eiermann chair.
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 artnet.com: Resource Library: Eiermann, Egon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Despite voicing sharp criticism of the emerging architectural style of the Nazis in 1935, he was able to stay in Berlin during World War II and keep his office going with essential wartime projects.
Although he was artistic by temperament, Eiermann’s architectural philosophy was strictly rational, and the conflict between the two occupied him throughout his life.
Eiermann regarded all buildings as functional, and he therefore rejected the language of symbolism by which a building could be specifically defined.
www.artnet.com /library/02/0256/T025681.asp   (424 words)

  
 Germany Info: German Embassy Washington: Welcome
Along with the Ambassador's Residence and the old residence, it is situated on just over nine acres at the corner of Foxhall and Reservoir roads.
Architect Egon Eiermann received the commission in 1958 and aimed to design a structure intricately related to its function as well as to the terrain and surroundings.
It was not an easy task, as the neighborhood is purely residential and the relatively small, sloping plot had to accommodate a building with 140 offices, an auditorium and a parking area.
www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/missions/embassy/chancery.html   (223 words)

  
 Egon Eiermann Table
Egon Eiermann - Occasional Table with Removable Tray - EE 61
The comprehensible, “legible” construction of Egon Eiermann’s furniture is unmistakably akin to the functional clarity that distinguishes his architecture.
Although his furniture designs sometimes recall the midcentury modern designs of Charles and Ray Eames, they nonetheless “speak” always an independent formal idiom.
www.tecnovo.de /11/Designer_Products/Egon_Eiermann.htm   (128 words)

  
 Die Neue Sammmlung im Neuen Museum in Nürnberg - Egon Eiermann - The Continuity of Modernism
With his undogmatic designs based on Bauhaus ideals, Egon Eiermann (1904-1970) was to determine like no other architect the image of a young Federal Republic of Germany sworn to modesty.
His work includes the "Lange Eugen", the high-rise for members of parliament in Bonn, as well as the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, which was to take on a verily symbolic character.
Sketches, diagrams of plans, photographs and written material provide, in addition to models, furniture, luminaires, interior fittings and other three-dimensional elements, a vivid picture both of Eiermann's major architectural work as well as the innumerable pieces of furniture and everyday objects he produced.
www.die-neue-sammlung.de /z/nuernberg/aus/eiermann/enindex.htm   (246 words)

  
 Egon Eiermann ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Egon Schiele, M‰nnlicher Akt (Selbstbildnis) I (Male Nude [Self-portrait] I) from SEMA.
Egon Schiele, Austrian, 1890-1918 Schiele"s Wife with her Little Nephew 1915 Charcoal, opaque, and transparent
Egon Schiele - Portrait of Paris von Gutersloh 1918 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Austrian
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 Egon Eiermann --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Eiermann studied at Berlin Technical University under Hans Poelzig, later working in the building department of…
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 Find in a Library: Egon Eiermann (1904-1970) : architect and designer : the continuity of modernism
Find in a Library: Egon Eiermann (1904-1970) : architect and designer : the continuity of modernism
Egon Eiermann (1904-1970) : architect and designer : the continuity of modernism
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 ArchitectureWeek Calendar - Events - Design and Building
The first major retrospective of Egon Eiermann's life and work marks the occasion of this prominent architect's one-hundredth birthday.
Furniture and interior objects developed by Egon Eiermann, which remain highly popular even today, constitute a special aspect of his work.
Familiar objects, such as Eiermann's table bases, will be on display in the exhibition, but it will also include unexpected items such as casket designs, which reflect Eiermann's interest in finding an appropriate modern aesthetic for funerary objects.
www.architectureweek.com /cgi-bin/calendar.cgi?id=10711   (139 words)

  
 Icons of Design: Live at the Right Level - Fine Furniture and Accessories for Home and Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Design Egon Eiermann, 1950; Frame tubular steel fl coated, 18 mm/2 mm nylon glides, stackable.
Design Egon Eiermann, 1949; Frame tubular steel fl, 18 mm/4 mm nylon glides, hydraulic or mechanical lift.
Design Egon Eiermann, 1952; Frame Solid Beech, seat/ back plywood, vertical stackable, row connections available, Stain available for complete chair or seat and back only.
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 Icons of Design: Fine Furniture and Accessories for Home and Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Design Egon Eiermann, 1950; Frame Tubular steel, fl, 18 mm / 2 mm, nylon glides, seat/back recycled plastic.
Design Egon Eiermann, 1950; Frame Tubular steel, fl, 18 mm / 2 mm, nylon glides, seat/back recycled plastic, stackable.
Design Egon Eiermann, 1958; Steel Frame, castors, central and back tube chrome, hydraulic lift, seat tilt adjustable, seat/back recycled plastic.
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 Cool Hunting: Egon Eiermann
An extensive retrospective of the work of famed German modernist architect Egon Eiermann is currently underway in Berlin (and will be moving to Nuremberg next).
Celebrating his birth 100 years ago, the show documents his buildings, including the German embassay in Washington, D.C., the Parliamentary Office Tower in Bonn, and his sleek and practical interiors and furniture designs.
Cool Hunting: finding things in the intersection of design, culture and technology that excite the imagination and inspire creativity.
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 Egon Eiermann: Architect And Designer, 1904-1970: The Continuity Of Modernism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Egon Eiermann: Architect And Designer, 1904-1970: The Continuity Of Modernism
Six Reasons to Love Eiermann's Work, and One Reason Not to Love It: Notes on a Great German Architect
Avoiding the Architectural Gesture: Egon Eiermann's Administrative Buildings
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 TECNOVO News
To coincide with the furniture trade fair in Cologne, Germany, the Markanto firm will present in its showroom furniture and lamps designed by German architect and designer Egon Eiermann.
The items on display stem from the current palettes of products manufactured by the firms of Wilde + Spieth, Lampert + Sudrow, TECNOLUMEN ®, and TECNOVO ®.
The exhibition is augmented with original vintage objects from the interior furnishings that Eiermann created for the skyscraper for parliamentarians at the German parliament in Bonn.
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 Egon Wellesz --  Encyclopædia Britannica
A pupil of Guido Adler in musicology and of Arnold Schoenberg in composition, Wellesz taught at the University of Vienna (1930–38) before settling in England (1939), where he became an influential teacher at the University of Oxford.
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 Tim Ahrens: Garden for an Egon Eiermann house   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tim Ahrens: Garden for an Egon Eiermann house
The task was to design a garden for Vollberg House in Berlin, which was designed by Egon Eiermann.
As the floor plan shows, the walls are like brackets.
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 Eiermann Rack Lampert Eiermann Rack @ Stylepark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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1932 Egon Eiermann designed a rack for the Berlin exposition "The Growing House".
For serial produktion a few minor details were changed and of course todays materials are used: stainless steel and mdf with white laminate or solid oak.
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 Egon Eiermann : Die Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtnis-Kirche
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