AEG’s Turbine factory
Paths outward
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Year
- 1908
- Typology
- Industrial
- Materials
- Steel, Glass
- Context
- Industrial Architecture, Art Nouveau Architecture, Modernism
- Map
- Open location
The AEG turbine factory was built in 1909, at Huttenstraße 12–16 in the Moabit district of Berlin. It is the best-known work of architect Peter Behrens. The 100 m long steel-framed building with 15 m tall glass windows on either side is considered the first attempt to introduce restrained modern design to industrial architecture. It was a bold move, and world first that would have a durable impact on architecture as a whole.
