Chilehaus
Sign in to saveThe Chilehaus (, "Chile House") is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany in the Kontorhaus District. It is an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. This large angular building is on a site of approximately , spanning the Fischertwiete Street in Hamburg. It was designed by the German architect Fritz Höger and finished in 1924. As part of Kontorhaus District, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
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- Building.name
- Chilehaus
- Building.image
- Chilehaus - Hamburg.jpg
- Building.caption
- Chilehaus in Hamburg by Fritz Höger
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- Germany#Germany Hamburg
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- y
- Building.building_type
- Office building
- Building.architectural_style
- Brick Expressionism
- Building.location
- Hamburg, Germany
- Building.owner
- Union Investment Real Estate AG
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1921
- Building.completion_date
- 1924
- Building.floor_count
- 10
- Building.architect
- Fritz Höger
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The Chilehaus (, "Chile House") is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany in the Kontorhaus District. It is an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. This large angular building is on a site of approximately , spanning the Fischertwiete Street in Hamburg. It was designed by the German architect Fritz Höger and finished in 1924. As part of Kontorhaus District, it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
==Design== The Chilehaus building is famed for its top, which is reminiscent of a ship's prow, and the facades, which meet at a very sharp angle at the corner of the Pumpen- and Niedernstrasse. The best view of the building is from the east. Because of the accentuated vertical elements and the recessed upper stories, as well as the curved facade on the Pumpenstraße, the building has, despite its enormous size, a touch of lightness.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chilehaus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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