Schocken Department Store Stuttgart
E277405
Schocken Department Store Stuttgart was a pioneering modernist department store in Stuttgart, Germany, renowned for its expressive, streamlined design by architect Erich Mendelsohn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schocken Department Store Stuttgart canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
ⓘ
department store building ⓘ modernist architecture work ⓘ |
| architect | Erich Mendelsohn ⓘ |
| architecturalConcept |
emphasis on transparency and display
ⓘ
expression of movement through form ⓘ integration of structure and façade expression ⓘ |
| architecturalMovement |
Nieuwe Bouwen
ⓘ
surface form:
Neues Bauen
|
| client |
Schocken department store network
ⓘ
surface form:
Schocken Department Stores
|
| constructionStartDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| designedInStyle |
Expressionist architecture
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ Streamline Moderne ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
banded façade
ⓘ
cantilevered upper stories ⓘ continuous horizontal glazing ⓘ corner entrance ⓘ curved corner façade ⓘ dynamic, streamlined massing ⓘ emphasized horizontal lines ⓘ flat roof ⓘ horizontal strip windows ⓘ large display windows at street level ⓘ projecting cornices ⓘ ribbon windows ⓘ setback upper floors ⓘ |
| hasContext | urban commercial center of Stuttgart ⓘ |
| hasFloorCount | multiple stories ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later department store architecture in Germany ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
Stuttgart ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
glass
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Schocken Books
ⓘ
surface form:
Schocken
|
| openingDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| owner | Schocken family ⓘ |
| partOf |
Schocken department store network
ⓘ
surface form:
Schocken department store chain
|
| significance |
important example of interwar European retail architecture
ⓘ
key work in Erich Mendelsohn’s commercial architecture ⓘ pioneering example of modernist department store design in Germany ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
Königstraße (Stuttgart)
ⓘ
surface form:
Königstraße, Stuttgart
|
| usedFor |
department store
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Erich Mendelsohn