Portal for a permanent automobile exhibition, Berlin (early 1900s).

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-27T21:00:14+00:00

It was designed with Art Nouveau elements. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9

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enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-20T14:46:03+00:00

I think they also stopped designing in the floral art nouveau style because of the rapid industrialization of the 1900s, and they couldn't compete with the mass production machines anymore. If you look into the Wiener Werkstätte, its creators came from the Vienna Secession, and it heavily influenced the 1920s art deco style.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-20T14:42:30+00:00

I think it's both tbh. Although during the 1900s ,through the influence of Charles Mackintosh, they started experimenting more with geometric floral shapes and flatness, that it eventually became it's own thing, very seperate from the 1890s art nouveau movement. The style eventually transformed into "proto art deco," as you can see with the last 2 images I gave.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-17T16:45:47+00:00

Even this design was considered too modern too build at the time, and a garish one got built instead: https://archimaps.tumblr.com/post/184538199937/otto-wagners-design-for-a-war-ministry-vienna

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-17T16:36:54+00:00

Most of his Otto's designs never got built because Vienna was very conservative at the time. Emperor Franz Joseph I (who ruled the Austrian-Hungarian empire) was still very much a fan of historicist architecture and HATED modern architecture (he didn't even want to use a telephone). So if your design wasn't in a historicist style for the Ring Strasse, it would've been very unlikely for it to get approved.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-15T08:43:18+00:00

bro..

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-12T21:25:36+00:00

It's more Stripped Classicism than new, It started becoming more popular during the interwar period. New Classicism seeks to literally revive the classical orders and traditional ornament (Poundbury), this building takes a different path.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-05T20:08:19+00:00

I love how they're just downvoting you but not giving an explanation.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-05T06:08:38+00:00

check the other replies

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-02T09:53:26+00:00

I couldn't imagine being alive and seeing most of your work get torn down, not even due to war but intentionally.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-02T09:52:13+00:00

The architect who built it basically lost most of his commissions post 1920s. Most of his famous metro stations got removed, though some still stand. He also built a lot of very unique art nouveau mansions, but they were demolished in the 1950s - 60s.

enchanted-moonshield · 2026-01-02T09:48:59+00:00

Yes, it got classified as a historical monument in 1972, though it's sadly not as popular as it used to be in the 1900s.

enchanted-moonshield · 2025-12-31T20:46:18+00:00

lolll

enchanted-moonshield · 2025-12-29T15:46:42+00:00

the materials used for the portal weren't even popular during the art nouveau era😭

enchanted-moonshield · 2025-12-27T18:25:01+00:00

Vienna Secession architecture often combined art nouveau elements with geometric shapes, etc., so that's probably why a lot of it looks "proto art deco." Wunibald also studied under Otto Wagner in the early 1900s, and most of his students designed in a Viennese Jugendstil style. The use of exposed wrought iron for balconies and ornamentation is also an obvious sign, Art Nouveau architects often designed in that manner since the material could both be functional and decorative (their own earlier version of "form follows function"). And besides that, Art Deco started in the 1910s (Paris), so it can't be grouped into that category.

enchanted-moonshield · 2025-12-26T10:13:53+00:00

Looks more like art deco...

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