AEG turbine factory

[1] The 100 m long steel-framed building with 15 m tall glass windows on either side is considered the first attempt to introduce restrained modern design to industrial architecture.

The turbine hall was built in 1909 under Peter Behrens as lead architect and engineer Karl Bernhard[1] at the corner of Huttenstraße and Berlichingenstraße streets in Berlin-Moabit.

[3] The steel columns appear on the outside unadorned, with bolts and joints visible, with huge glass windows between, angled slightly inwards towards the top.

Behrens design referenced the neo-classical, with metal strapping on the piers of the gable end either side creating a rusticated appearance.

[2] Franz Hessel wrote, "There is no lovelier building than that monumental hall of glass and reinforced concrete: the Peter Behrens turbine factory on Huttenstrasse.

Shape and height of the building axes are given by the three joint ties.
Plaque on the AEG-Turbinenfabrik