Karstadt (Bremen)

Completed in 1932, the building was listed in 2010 as a notable example of department store architecture in the interwar period.

[1] The building was designed in accordance with the approach of the Karstadt construction office under the leadership of Philipp Schaefer.

[2] The Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen (LfD), the Department for Preservation and Protection of Historical Buildings, describes it as a five-storey building with a concrete frame, faced with a coarsely embossed surface of Ettringen tuff.

Together with the Nordwolle building (“Haus des Reichs”) and the concert hall "Die Glocke", it a prime example of architectural development in the city of Bremen between the two wars, notable above all for its particularly modern look.

[2] Philipp Schaefer had developed an architectural language which was not only consistent but also convincing in a formal sense.