Industrial building Düsseldorf

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Industrial building at the Wehrhahn after the renovation

The Industriehaus Düsseldorf (also Industriehaus Am Wehrhahn ) is a listed office and commercial building in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort , Schirmerstrasse 80 / Am Wehrhahn.

The house was built on behalf of the “Düsseldorfer Bürohausgesellschaft” according to designs by the architects Tietmann & Haake from October 1921 onwards and, according to the building regulations at the time, was a high-rise building for which a special permit was required. When moving in in July 1923, the seven-storey building contained around 3000 square meters of office space, 500 square meters of retail space, 1000 square meters of basement space and was inhabited by more than 30 tenants.

The tufa cladding of the base zone with the figuratively and ornamentally decorated pillars ends in a sturdy cornice , the plastered façade of the upper storeys, which is horizontally structured by cornices, ends in a kind of crenellated wreath of circular segment arches on consoles .

Architectural-historical significance

Ornaments on the industrial building after the renovation

The house is an important example of Expressionist architecture in Düsseldorf:

"It is an important example of expressionist office building architecture, in a prominent place in urban planning."

- Jörg AE Heimeshoff : Listed houses in Düsseldorf, with garden and ground monuments. Nobel, Essen 2001, p. 228.

Refurbishment 2012/2013

Industrial building on the Wehrhahn before renovation

The industrial building has been completely renovated by a new owner since 2012, taking into account the monument protection.

Todays use

Medical practices, architects and advertising agencies are located in the industrial building. On the ground floor there is a pharmacy and a café with a bakery and pastry shop.

literature

  • Paul Ernst Wentz: Architecture Guide Düsseldorf. Droste, Düsseldorf 1975, ISBN 3-7700-0408-6 , object no. 17th
  • Roland Kanz, Jürgen Wiener (ed.): Architectural guide Düsseldorf. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01232-3 , p. 70, object no. 96.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the monument list of the state capital Düsseldorf at the Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation
  2. ^ Die Bürohausgesellschaft mb H., in administrative report of the state capital Düsseldorf from April 1, 1922 to March 31, 1925, p. 328 ub.uni-duesseldorf.de
  3. ↑ CM Immobilien-Entwicklung GmbH - Projects

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '47 .2 "  N , 6 ° 47' 45.9"  E