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for his masters which was completed in 1899. Following this he joined the architectural firm Lundt and Kallmorgen in Hamburg, where he worked as a technical draftsman. After his four-year stint there, Höger joined the company of his future father-in-law, Fritz Oldenburg, and married Fritz's daughter
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For the first time in 2008, the Fritz Höger Prize was awarded for excellence in brick architecture. The initiative goes for buildings with brick, with winners in the categories of detached or semi-detached houses, apartment buildings, office, commercial, leisure and sport, as well as public
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Höger is renowned for his use of brick, in the style of Brick Expressionism. Höger opened his own architecture office in 1907, but because of his lack of higher education he was not admitted to the
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importer Henry B. (Chile) Sloman. The office block features a curving facade reminiscent of a ship's hull, coming together at a sharp angle on the corners of Pumpen and Niedernstrasse.
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buildings. In addition, two awards for Passive House and restoration and sustainability have been awarded. The competition is endowed with 10,000 euros.
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Höger was the eldest of six siblings in a family who ran a small carpentry business. At the age of 14, Höger trained as a
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Höger constructed several other buildings, more prominently a publishing office which included a
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Der Landschaftsmaler Edmund Steppes (1873-1968) und seine Vision einer "Deutschen Malerei"
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in Northern Germany. Although never qualified as an architect, he became known for his
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available online from the University of Hong Kong Libraries. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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Höger's preference for the use of brick was along the lines of ideas espoused by
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Der Architeckt [Johann Friedrich, genannt Fritz, Höger]
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From 1914 to 1918 Höger completed his military duty in the
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