#Villa #Berlin #1929
Hans Luckhardt, Wassili Luckhardt, Alfons Anker
Am Rupenhorn 24, 25
14055
Berlin,
Germany
Public transport: Stößenseebrücke
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: museum and apartments
Description
The basic structure of both buildings is very similar. The ground floor houses the garage, the kitchen, the boiler rooms and storage rooms. The first floor is dominated by just one huge room that serves as a living room. The bedrooms and bathrooms are on the second floor. A roof terrace forms the end of the houses. Balconies were also attached to the individual floors of both houses. The houses are part of a natural environment. The district's forest was integrated, as was the garden design with wild plants.
House No 24, not being listed, does not have original interiors anymore.
Description
The basic structure of both buildings is very similar. The ground floor houses the garage, the kitchen, the boiler rooms and storage rooms. The first floor is dominated by just one huge room that serves as a living room. The bedrooms and bathrooms are on the second floor. A roof terrace forms the end of the houses. Balconies were also attached to the individual floors of both houses. The houses are part of a natural environment. The district's forest was integrated, as was the garden design with wild plants.
House No 24, not being listed, does not have original interiors anymore.
History
The houses were planned as three buildings and built as No 24 and No 25 from 1929 until 1930. The two realised houses are one of Berlin's most prominent houses of the early Modernism. The owner Kluge lived in the house No 25 only for half a year. He left to London and the house were reverted to the Commerzbank, establishing two apartments in the house. In 1939 the building was exproprieted by the Nazi state. They wanted to demolish the two houses. On the one hand they did not accept Modernism, on the other hand they wanted to built on this site a new military school as part of the Germania project.
After the war, the state did not invest any money so that the houses were in a disastrous condition until the 1970s. In 1975 house No 25 was listed and the substance could be saved by private individuals. After several lengthy renovations, House No 25 is open to the public. Furniture was deliberately purchased that dates back to the time the house was built and which were partly designed by the Luckhardt brothers, i.e. the house's architects.
History
The houses were planned as three buildings and built as No 24 and No 25 from 1929 until 1930. The two realised houses are one of Berlin's most prominent houses of the early Modernism. The owner Kluge lived in the house No 25 only for half a year. He left to London and the house were reverted to the Commerzbank, establishing two apartments in the house. In 1939 the building was exproprieted by the Nazi state. They wanted to demolish the two houses. On the one hand they did not accept Modernism, on the other hand they wanted to built on this site a new military school as part of the Germania project.
After the war, the state did not invest any money so that the houses were in a disastrous condition until the 1970s. In 1975 house No 25 was listed and the substance could be saved by private individuals. After several lengthy renovations, House No 25 is open to the public. Furniture was deliberately purchased that dates back to the time the house was built and which were partly designed by the Luckhardt brothers, i.e. the house's architects.
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