1st Edition

Bruno Taut’s Design Inspiration for the Glashaus

By David Nielsen Copyright 2016
184 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As a formative exemplar of early architectural modernism, Bruno Taut’s seminal exhibition pavilion the Glashaus (literally translated Glasshouse) is logically part of the important debate of rethinking the origins of modernism. However, the historical record of Bruno Taut’s Glashaus has been primarily established by one art historian and critic. As a result the historical record of the... Read more
  1. Introduction, 2. Frederick Keppler, 3. Victoria Regia, 4. Gothic, 5. Conclusion

Biography

David Nielsen graduated from the Technikon Witwatersrand and the University of the Witwatersrand, where he earned Diplomas, Bachelor’s Degrees and a Master's in architecture. While resident in Johannesburg, he both taught architecture, at the University of Johannesburg, and practiced as an architect. In 2006, he migrated to Brisbane, Australia and subsequently took up an appointment within the architecture discipline at the Queensland University of Technology. Here he currently teaches in the spheres of architectural technology and design. David research interests are currently focused on architectural history and he has previously undertaken research in Building Information Modelling. In 2015, he completed his PhD, from which this publication derives.