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24T20 Hamburg’s architectural landmarks

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The brick buildings Chilehaus and Sprinkenhof are leading examples of the city‘s commercial quarter which along with the Warehouse District make up the inscription for UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Next to the Elbe river the Elbe Philharmonic Hall concert house, known locally as “Elphi” (ELL-fee), became an instant landmark upon opening in late-2016. The glass structure by Herzog & de Meuron sits on top of a former brick warehouse building.

Chilehaus and Sprinkenhof, at left and right, respectively (0.5x).
Chilehaus: “the ship’s bow”.
U4 station HafenCity-Universität: track-level.
U4 station Überseequartier, above track level.
Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), from the river. The Herzog & de Meuron glass structure sits on top of a former brick warehouse.

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 27 May 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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Hamburg UNESCO WHS: Kontorhausviertel (Commercial District)

On 5 July 2015, UNESCO awarded World Heritage status to two sites in Hamburg: the Speicherstadt (Warehouse District) and the Kontorhausviertel (Office Building District). In the latter are two important brick buildings: Chilehaus and the Sprinkenhof, representative of the construction in the late 19th- and early 20th-century.

The Chilehaus was built by Fritz Höger for client Henry Sloman from 1922 to 1924 in the Kontorhausviertel as a prime example of German expressionist architecture using hard-fired brick. Höger undertook the project for Hamburg merchant and banker Sloman who made his fortune in importing nitrates from Chile. Built entirely to serve and complement the functions of the warehouses in neighbouring Speicherstadt, the Kontorhausviertel was the first dedicated office- and commercial-district on the European continent.

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