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37: 191:, they did not have an elaborated programme, that would have provided them with an ideological background. The members often had different attitudes when faced with tasks. Häring and Scharoun rather followed an "organic functionalism" whereas Mies and Gropius were more interested in the possibilities of industrial building. 234: — as the Luckhardt brothers put it — they decided to extend the group in terms of geography and membership. In a letter dated April 1926, they asked several architects in Germany and Austria to join. Shortly after they were invited to a constitutional meeting in Berlin. The members of the 168:
In the meantime the German architects whose work follows newly discovered laws of design, have founded a new association. 'The Ring' — a figure of self-contained form without a head — unites a group of like-minded people to pursue their ideals in
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These different attitudes were reflected in the planning of large scale planned communities of the time, in which the members of the Ring were participating. Six members, Bartning, Forbat, Gropius, Häring, Henning und Scharoun, were part of the project of
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Besides the search for a new beginning in building design, the members of the "Ring" were looking for new ways of building. Unlike other groups, be they of the time or before the time like the
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On 29 May 1926, 16 of them met in the office of Mies, wrote a programme and elected Hugo Häring their secretary.
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agenda. Der Ring was a group of young architects, formed with the objective of promoting
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who shared an office in Berlin at the time. Both were already members of the
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The driving force behind the founding of the Ring were
164:and the other members, Der Ring dissolved in 1933. 136:was an architectural collective founded in 1926 in 61:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 411: 359:And the nine members of the „Ring of Ten” from 242:into the arts, were also asked to take part. 121:Learn how and when to remove this message 412: 160:and the increasing difficulty between 59:adding citations to reliable sources 30: 13: 14: 441: 430:Modernist architecture in Germany 35: 46:needs additional citations for 1: 7: 10: 446: 420:Expressionist architecture 248: 142:expressionist architecture 15: 387:Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 344:Karl Schneider, Hamburg 232:results worth mentioning 224:Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 22:Der Ring des Nibelungen 181: 150:Modernist architecture 178:in issue No. 10, 1926 166: 320:, Frankfurt am Main 255:Walter Curt Behrendt 189:Arbeitsrat für Kunst 55:improve this article 26:Heinrich Wittenwiler 16:For other uses, see 425:Architecture groups 288:Ludwig Hilberseimer 240:November Revolution 209:Stuttgart-Weißenhof 156:. With the rise of 284:P. Rudolf Henning 205:Deutscher Werkbund 158:National Socialism 140:. It emerged from 396:Walter Schilbach 348:Heinrich Tessenow 308:Wassili Luckhardt 213:Weißenhofsiedlung 131: 130: 123: 105: 437: 382:Erich Mendelsohn 323:Bernhard Pankok 179: 126: 119: 115: 112: 106: 104: 63: 39: 31: 445: 444: 440: 439: 438: 436: 435: 434: 410: 409: 251: 180: 173: 127: 116: 110: 107: 64: 62: 52: 40: 29: 12: 11: 5: 443: 433: 432: 427: 422: 408: 407: 402: 397: 394: 389: 384: 379: 374: 369: 357: 356: 350: 345: 342: 336: 330: 324: 321: 315: 310: 305: 303:Hans Luckhardt 300: 295: 290: 285: 282: 276: 273:Walter Gropius 270: 264: 261:Richard Döcker 258: 250: 247: 236:Novembergruppe 171: 129: 128: 43: 41: 34: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 442: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 417: 415: 406: 403: 401: 398: 395: 393: 390: 388: 385: 383: 380: 378: 375: 373: 372:Peter Behrens 370: 368: 367:Otto Bartning 365: 364: 363: 362: 354: 353:Martin Wagner 351: 349: 346: 343: 340: 339:Hans Scharoun 337: 334: 331: 328: 325: 322: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 283: 280: 277: 274: 271: 268: 265: 262: 259: 256: 253: 252: 246: 243: 241: 237: 233: 229: 225: 221: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 192: 190: 186: 177: 174:The magazine 170: 165: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 146:functionalist 143: 139: 135: 125: 122: 114: 111:February 2018 103: 100: 96: 93: 89: 86: 82: 79: 75: 72: –  71: 67: 66:Find sources: 60: 56: 50: 49: 44:This article 42: 38: 33: 32: 27: 23: 19: 392:Hans Poelzig 358: 327:Adolf Rading 279:Otto Haesler 244: 231: 217: 197:Siemensstadt 193: 182: 175: 167: 133: 132: 117: 108: 98: 91: 84: 77: 65: 53:Please help 48:verification 45: 377:Hugo Häring 333:Hans Soeder 318:Adolf Meyer 293:Arthur Korn 267:Fred Forbát 263:, Stuttgart 228:Zehner-Ring 220:Hugo Häring 185:Glass Chain 162:Hugo Häring 154:Historicism 18:Nürburgring 414:Categories 400:Bruno Taut 298:Carl Krayl 81:newspapers 70:"Der Ring" 355:, Berlin 335:, Kassel 329:, Breslau 313:Ernst May 275:, Dessau 269:, Berlin 257:, Berlin 405:Max Taut 341:, Berlin 176:Die Form 172:—  134:Der Ring 281:, Celle 249:Members 187:or the 169:unison. 144:with a 95:scholar 361:Berlin 201:Berlin 138:Berlin 97:  90:  83:  76:  68:  24:, and 102:JSTOR 88:books 222:and 74:news 199:in 57:by 416:: 20:, 211:( 124:) 118:( 113:) 109:( 99:· 92:· 85:· 78:· 51:. 28:.

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