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Architecture of the night
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Architecture of the night or nocturnal architecture, also referred to as illuminated architecture and, particularly in German, light architecture, is architecture designed to maximize the effect of ni
De Volharding Building, The Hague, 1928 by Jan Buijs, photographed in 1930
De Volharding Building, The Hague, 1928 by Jan Buijs, photographed in 1930
Spire of the Chrysler Building, New York, 1930, illuminated in 2005 in a brighter version of the scheme designed by William Van Alen
Spire of the Chrysler Building, New York, 1930, illuminated in 2005 in a brighter version of the scheme designed by William Van Alen
Warsaw Central railway station in Poland by Arseniusz Romanowicz, 1975. Building including complicated decorative illumination, for example the roof w
Warsaw Central railway station in Poland by Arseniusz Romanowicz, 1975. Building including complicated decorative illumination, for example the roof was equipped with illumination, marble corridors also and the edges of underground railway platforms were backlighted.
Titania Palast movie theater, Berlin, 1928 by Ernst Schöffler, Carlo Schloenbach and Carl Jacobi, original exterior lighting by Ernst Hölscher recreat
Titania Palast movie theater, Berlin, 1928 by Ernst Schöffler, Carlo Schloenbach and Carl Jacobi, original exterior lighting by Ernst Hölscher recreated 1995, photographed in 2011
Cathedral of Light
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The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer, it consisted of 152 anti-aircraft searchli
Architecture of the night
…applied floodlighting as part of their program of public buildings that culminated in Albert Speer's New Reich Chancellery of 1939, in addition to the Cathedral of light effect wherein floodlights were used to define space themselves at the Nuremberg rallies. In Europe, lighting of public squares in major cities was…
The Cathedral of Light above the Zeppelintribüne (1936)
The Cathedral of Light above the Zeppelintribüne (1936)
A German 150 cm searchlight displayed at the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, 2003
A German 150 cm searchlight displayed at the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, 2003