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Between 1930 and 1932, a new building was built on the corner of Obernstrasse and Sögestrasse. There were two architects: the Bremen office of Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens (1873-1956) and Friedrich Neumark. The building was designed in accordance with the approach of the Karstadt construction office
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came to Bremen, Karstadt had the opportunity to buy the building housing the DeFaKa-department store in Obernstrasse. The façade of that building had a brown metallic covering. In 1965, it underwent major refurbishment with the closure of the atrium and the installation of four escalators.
93:", it a prime example of architectural development in the city of Bremen between the two wars, notable above all for its particularly modern look. Philipp Schaefer had developed an architectural language which was not only consistent but also convincing in a formal sense. 100:, it was completely destroyed. When the department store "Kepa-Kaufhaus" closed, its post-war building was demolished. In 1995, "Karstadt-Sports", a department store for sports goods was built, designed by Ingenhoven & Ingenhoven from 89:. Its architecture is considered representative of the department store style of the second and third decades of the 20th century. Together with the Nordwolle building (“Haus des Reichs”) and the concert hall " 54:. It is located on Obernstrasse and Sögestrasse, in the old town in the city centre. Completed in 1932, the building was listed in 2010 as a notable example of department store architecture in the 85:(LfD), the Department for Preservation and Protection of Historical Buildings, describes it as a five-storey building with a concrete frame, faced with a coarsely embossed surface of Ettringen 631: 626: 499: 96:
The old building in Sögestrasse was subsequently used for low-priced commodities under the name of "EPA-Warenhaus" and later "Kepa-Kaufhaus". During the
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under the leadership of Philipp Schaefer. In 2010, the building was listed for heritage protection under the Monuments Act.
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Karstadt was involved when the "Grosse Hundestrasse" was converted into the "Lloyd-Passage"
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The first building was built on the corner of Sögestrasse and Pelzerstrasse by
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Karstadt at the corner of Obernstrasse and Sögestrasse
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department store
Bremen
interwar period
Rudolph Karstadt AG.
Rudolph Karstadt
tuff
Die Glocke
Second World War
Neuss
Horten
pedestrian zone
Northern Germany
Das Große Bremen-Lexikon
ISBN
3-86108-693-X
"Heinrich Wilhelm Behrens und Ernst Vicenz"


"Database of Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen #1887"
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen
"Das Karstadt-Warenhaus: Spektakuläre Sachlichkeit"
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Aalto-Hochhaus
Atlantis House

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