The term Brick Expressionism describes a specific variant of Expressionist architecture that uses bricks, tiles or clinker bricks as the main visible building material. Buildings in the style were erected mostly in the 1920s, primarily in Germany and the Netherlands, where the style was created.
Chilehaus, Hamburg (Fritz Höger, 1921-1924)
Het Schip, Amsterdam (Michel de Klerk, 1917-1920)
Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz, Berlin (Ossip Klarwein, 1930-1933)
Behrensbau, Hesse (Peter Behrens, 1920-1924)
Expressionist architecture
Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany. Brick Expressionism is a special variant of this movement in western and northern Germany, as well as in the Netherlands.
Einstein Tower in Potsdam near Berlin, 1919–22 (Erich Mendelsohn)
Goetheanum in Dornach near Basel Switzerland, 1924–28 (Rudolf Steiner)
Dutch expressionism (Amsterdam School), Het Schip apartment building in Amsterdam, 1917–20 (Michel de Klerk)
Bruno Taut (1910)