Sprinkenhof
The Sprinkenhof is a piece of Hamburg’s history. Constructed more than 80 years ago as part of the Kontorhaus district, the Sprinkenhof was Hamburg’s largest residential, business and warehouse at that time. Since then, it has been one of the Hanseatic city’s most architecturally prominent buildings.
The Sprinkenhof was named after Johann Sprink. He acquired the plot of land. It originally accommodated an old courtyard; this was demolished to make way for the new building.
The Sprinkenhof, built by the brothers Hans and Oskar Gerson and Fritz Höger, was Europe’s largest Kontorhaus (office building) at the time. It was constructed in three phases: first of all, the central block, which straddles the Springeltwiete, followed by the west wing built between 1929 and 1932 and finally the east wing, which was constructed between 1939 and 1943. Hans Gerson died during the second phase of construction. Fritz Höger, who joined the Nazi Party in 1933, carried out the final phase of construction alone – as a Jew, Oskar Gerson had not been allowed to work as an architect in Germany from 1933 for racist reasons.
The Sprinkenhof was designed in a Brick Expressionist style as a skeleton structure made from reinforced concrete. Lozenge-shaped painted brick and regularly arranged ceramics depicting economic, trade and transport motifs make for a striking pattern on the outer facade.
Technical stuff
This is almost an out of the camera shot. I only used the warp tool to make façade symmetric and straight; as I was standing in the street when I took this photo (#frogperspective). And as always, I finally added some copyright watermarks. They are, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
Sprinkenhof
The Sprinkenhof is a piece of Hamburg’s history. Constructed more than 80 years ago as part of the Kontorhaus district, the Sprinkenhof was Hamburg’s largest residential, business and warehouse at that time. Since then, it has been one of the Hanseatic city’s most architecturally prominent buildings.
The Sprinkenhof was named after Johann Sprink. He acquired the plot of land. It originally accommodated an old courtyard; this was demolished to make way for the new building.
The Sprinkenhof, built by the brothers Hans and Oskar Gerson and Fritz Höger, was Europe’s largest Kontorhaus (office building) at the time. It was constructed in three phases: first of all, the central block, which straddles the Springeltwiete, followed by the west wing built between 1929 and 1932 and finally the east wing, which was constructed between 1939 and 1943. Hans Gerson died during the second phase of construction. Fritz Höger, who joined the Nazi Party in 1933, carried out the final phase of construction alone – as a Jew, Oskar Gerson had not been allowed to work as an architect in Germany from 1933 for racist reasons.
The Sprinkenhof was designed in a Brick Expressionist style as a skeleton structure made from reinforced concrete. Lozenge-shaped painted brick and regularly arranged ceramics depicting economic, trade and transport motifs make for a striking pattern on the outer facade.
Technical stuff
This is almost an out of the camera shot. I only used the warp tool to make façade symmetric and straight; as I was standing in the street when I took this photo (#frogperspective). And as always, I finally added some copyright watermarks. They are, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.