Colorful city - Neues Bauen
Subtitle: the architecture of Carl Krayl
By: edited by Gabriele Köster and Michael Stöneberg ; translation, Amy Klement and Steven Lindberg
Contributors: Köster, Gabriele, 1964- editor; Stöneberg, Michael, editor; Klement, Amy, translator; Lindberg, Steven, translator; Krayl, Carl, 1890-1947; Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg
Series: Magdeburger Museumsschriften -- 14; Magdeburger Museumsschriften -- Nr. 14.
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9783422073937
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Architectural drawing; Buildings, structures; Exhibitions; Architecture
Description: This is the first monograph on the architect Carl Krayl (1890-1947). He belonged, as did Walter Gropius and Hans Scharoun, to a small but prominent circle of German architects who were involved in all phases of High Modernism. In the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Work Council for Art) and the Gläserne Kette (Glass Chain), he contributed to the utopian, enthusiastic new dawn of the postwar avant-garde. In 1921 Krayl followed Bruno Taut, who had just been appointed head of the building and planning authority, to Magdeburg and distinguished himself with Expressionist designs; as the leading mind behind the 'Colorful Magdeburg' campaign, his painted building facades caused a sensation at the same time. As of 1923, Krayl then turned to a functional style, and as a member of the Der Ring architects? association, became a proponent of Neues Bauen (New Building) with a reputation even beyond the region. Magdeburg's success in reinventing itself as a city of the modern movement from 1921 onward and becoming a role model for other municipalities can be attributed substantially to this ambitious and adaptable architect. Exhibition: Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg, Germany (27.10.16 - 12.02.2017).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg, October 27, 2016-February 12, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.