Hans Scharoun letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from Scharoun)
1928 · Letterpress
11 5/8 × 8 3/4" (29.5 × 22.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Hans Scharoun
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Transformations in Modern Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932
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Hans Scharoun was a German architect whose practice rejected rigid modernist geometry in favor of curved walls, asymmetrical layouts, and organic spatial relationships that responded to their contexts. Working from the 1920s onward, he developed an expressive architectural language based on flowing forms and sculptural building masses. His designs for cultural and residential projects established him as a defining figure in European modernism during the mid-twentieth century.
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New York, US
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