Schocken Department Store Nuremberg

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Schocken Department Store Nuremberg was a pioneering modernist commercial building in Nuremberg, Germany, designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn and renowned for its dynamic, streamlined façade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building
department store building
modernist building
architect Erich Mendelsohn
architecturalSignificance icon of interwar department store design
key work in Erich Mendelsohn’s commercial architecture
pioneering modernist commercial architecture in Germany
category Buildings and structures in Nuremberg
Department stores in Germany
Modernist architecture in Germany
commissionedBy Schocken department store network
surface form: Schocken department store chain
country Germany
designedInStyle Brick Expressionism
surface form: Expressionist architecture

Modernism
Neues Bauen
era early 20th century architecture
interwar period
function department store
retail
hasArchitecturalFeature cantilevered elements
corner glazing
curved corner
dynamic façade
horizontal banded windows
horizontal emphasis
night-time illuminated façade
ribbon windows
streamlined façade
strip windows
locatedIn Bavaria
Nuremberg
Weimar Republic
namedAfter Schocken Books
surface form: Schocken
notableFor dynamic, streamlined façade
expression of movement in commercial architecture
innovative use of glass and horizontal bands
modern retail display windows
partOf Schocken department store network
relatedWork Schocken Department Store Chemnitz
Schocken Department Store Stuttgart
usedMaterial glass
reinforced concrete
steel

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Erich Mendelsohn notableWork Schocken Department Store Nuremberg
Mendelsohn notableWork Schocken Department Store Nuremberg
subject surface form: Erich Mendelsohn