What a project: from 1928, the chemical company IG Farben had the largest building of the Weimar Republic erected. A 250-metre-long, seven-storey building with six transverse wings was to become the company's new headquarters; it remained the largest office complex in Europe until the 1950s. The Berlin architect Hans Poelzig (1869-1936) won the architectural tender; his wife Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig (1894-1985), herself an architect and sculptor, was responsible for the interior design. What was special about the architecture of the house was that the workrooms faced south to let in as much daylight as possible. On the outside, Poelzig clad the building in natural stone, as well as the casino, the company canteen, in the garden behind the administration building. Here, the Frankfurt artist Georg Heck (1897-1987) designed a mural that was reviled by the National Socialists as 'degenerate' and whitewashed over, but was uncovered and restored in 2006.
The Goethe University has had its Westend campus in the building since 2001. If you want to find out more about the architecture: On the second floor at the level of transverse building Q4, there is a small permanent exhibition entitled "From Grüneburg to Campus Westend".
The Goethe University has had its Westend campus in the building since 2001. If you want to find out more about the architecture: On the second floor at the level of transverse building Q4, there is a small permanent exhibition entitled "From Grüneburg to Campus Westend".
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