The City of Munich is proud of its villagey character and therefore has decided in the year 2004 not to allow new high-risers to be built in the (largely drawn) center of the city – only outside the ring streets this remains possible. But in the very center of Munich there still is a 12-storey building, erected 1928 following the plans of Hermann Leitensdorfer, as the then technical/engineering town hall for the city administration. The most interesting part inside is probably the staircase in an extremely sober style of New Objectivity, yet still the influence of a bit of Art Nouveau’s stylistic vocabulary seems to be visible.
The stairway is not only interesting but beautiful in its plain and sober style – the photos emphasise this, especially the second one.
Martina, I just didn’t want to start with one more of those beaten-to-death spiral staircase images. But I admit the view down there (as well as up) is fascinating.
In interesting view down there with this halfround-stairs !