Fagus Factory

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Fagus Factory is an early 20th-century German industrial building designed by Walter Gropius that is celebrated as a pioneering work of modernist architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
factory building
industrial building
modernist architecture work
architect Adolf Meyer
Walter Gropius
architecturalStyle early modern architecture
modernism
associatedWith Bauhaus movement
Walter Gropius’s early career
category 20th-century architecture in Germany
industrial heritage
client Fagus-Schuhfabrik
linked to: Fagus Factory
completionDate 1913
constructionPeriod 1911–1913
country Germany
currentUse industrial production
museum
visitor center
function shoe last factory
hasPart administration building
coal bunkers
drying house
gatehouse
office wing
pattern warehouse
power plant
production halls
shipping department
warehouse
wood storage building
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageProtectionStatus protected monument in Germany
industry shoe last manufacturing
influenced Bauhaus architecture
locatedIn Alfeld
Alfeld an der Leine
linked to: Alfeld

Lower Saxony
materialUsed brick
glass
steel
namedAfter Fagus company
linked to: Fagus Factory
notableFeature absence of historicist ornament
corner windows without visible supports
flat roof volumes
glass curtain walls
horizontal emphasis of façade
large continuous window bands
steel frame structure
owner Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG
linked to: Fagus Factory
significance early example of functionalist design
pioneering work of modernist industrial architecture
startDate 1911
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2011
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Fagus Factory in Alfeld
linked to: Fagus Factory

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Walter Gropius notableWork Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory in Alfeld builtFor Fagus shoe last factory
linked to: Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory in Alfeld owner Fagus‑GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG
linked to: Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory client Fagus-Schuhfabrik
linked to: Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory namedAfter Fagus company
linked to: Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Fagus Factory in Alfeld
linked to: Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory owner Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG
linked to: Fagus Factory
Adolf Meyer notableWork Fagus Factory
Alfeld hasUNESCOSite Fagus Factory
Alfeld hasLandmark Fagus Factory
Fagus Factory builtFor Fagus company
subject linked to: Alfeld
linked to: Fagus Factory
World Heritage Sites in Germany hasPart Fagus Factory in Alfeld
linked to: Fagus Factory