Beckstrasse 8 (Darmstadt)
| Residential building (Beckstrasse 8) | |
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| place | Darmstadt |
| Architectural style | Late classicism |
| Construction year | around 1870 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '26.8 " N , 8 ° 40' 1.9" E |
The house at Beckstrasse 8 is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
Stylistically, built around 1870 is one house for late classicism .
Typical features are:
- a clear cubic block
- classicistic design language with symmetrical structure and strict division into axes
- the two faces of the three- story corner building have a cool, austere exterior
- flat central projectile with twin windows and strongly profiled window roofs
- Decorated window frames on the mezzanine-like, low upper floor
- final gable in the flat sloping roof
- wrought iron balcony railing
Current usage
The building has belonged to the student union VDSt-Darmstadt-Köthen since 1967 and serves as the parliament building.
Monument protection
The house is a typical example of the late classicist architectural style in Darmstadt in the second half of the 19th century . For architectural and city-historical reasons, the house is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. ( Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg Verlag , Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 325.