Haus Schminke

Kelly Ship in heavy sees - The Schminke House in the Mirror of the Twentieth Century

Frank Seibel

The Schminke House in the Saxon town of Löbau in the south-eastern corner of Germany is one of the world's most important and beautiful private houses from the Classical Modernity. A medium-sized family of entrepreneurs, the noodle manufacturer Fritz Schminke and his wife Charlotte, asked architect Hans Scharoun, to design their house, which the locals lovingly call the most unusual house in the city and far beyond. And whoever enters it forgets involuntarily, that he is currently in contact with something that seems rather strange to many: modern art. People from many countries come here to experience fireworks of brilliant ideas: ship's railing and porthole windows, one of the first fitted kitchens and spaces that catch every ray of light. Moving and contradictory were the times when it was conceived and animated. The history of this house and the people who created it and lived in it is incredibly diverse and not without contradictions. The book presents the architecture, the architects and the life stories of the Oberlausitz entrepreneurial family and is an invitation to experience this monument of modern art for yourself.

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