Ernst Neufert, Karle & Bux Baum

Text in English and German. Ernst Neufert's apartment house at the foot of the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt is one of the exemplary post-War Modernist buildings in Germany. For his 1954/55 building Neufert returned to the minimalistic standardisation principles he had developed on Albert Speer's staff between 1940 and 1945. The building's envelope combines the tectonic gestures of the twenties with the decorative elements of the fifties. Peter Karle and Ramona Buxbaum founded their practice in 1990. Among their projects that have attracted attention are a housing complex especially adapted to the needs of women, the HEAG transport control centre and the pharmaceutical firm Merck's fire station.Honold, Klaus is the author of 'Ernst Neufert, Karle & Bux Baum' with ISBN 9783930698509 and ISBN 3930698501.