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    Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter and set designer. Poelzig was born in Berlin in 1869 to Countess Clara Henrietta...
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  • He was the stepfather of Albert, Prince Consort, and grandfather of Hans Poelzig. Alexander von Hanstein came from the Thüringer noble family of Hanstein...
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    Frühlicht (Early Light). Bruno Taut and Hans Scharoun stress the creative importance of the Freudian unconscious. Hans Poelzig is made chairman of the Deutscher...
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    Friedrichstadtpalast) in 1919, following its expressionist conversion by Hans Poelzig. By 1930, he ran eleven stages in Berlin and, in addition, managed the...
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    IG Farben Building (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    the subject of a competition which was eventually won by the architect Hans Poelzig. On its completion, the complex was the largest office building in Europe...
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    Großes Schauspielhaus (category Hans Poelzig buildings)
    often described as an example of expressionist architecture, designed by Hans Poelzig for theatre impresario Max Reinhardt. The structure was originally a...
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    building for the new use for it was rebuilt again by the renowned architect Hans Poelzig. After this, the market hall had been transformed, with cast-iron columns...
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    this include Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer's 1911 Fagus Factory or Hans Poelzig's 1912 department store in Breslau (Wrocław). However, in the aftermath...
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    Hjalmar Poelzig drew inspiration from the life of occultist Aleister Crowley, while the name "Poelzig" was borrowed from architect Hans Poelzig, whom Ulmer...
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    group of working architects, including Erich Mendelsohn, Bruno Taut and Hans Poelzig, turned away from fanciful experimentation and towards rational, functional...
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