Doors of Berlin
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The ornate decoration and arcane iconography of doors in Berlin.
From the people who brought you @berlintypography.
From the people who brought you @berlintypography.
Correct: one also needs some butter and a glass of wine.
January 21, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Correct: one also needs some butter and a glass of wine.
A close-up of the detailed stonework at the top.
January 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
A close-up of the detailed stonework at the top.
We’re back … and we have lots of strange and wonderful doors for the coming year.
January 13, 2024 at 11:45 AM
We’re back … and we have lots of strange and wonderful doors for the coming year.
An arch of leaves.
December 26, 2023 at 1:39 PM
An arch of leaves.
Time to cleanse the palate with some post-war modernism. That diagonal bar – which appears on numerous mid-century Berlin doors – is an unheralded design classic.
December 16, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Time to cleanse the palate with some post-war modernism. That diagonal bar – which appears on numerous mid-century Berlin doors – is an unheralded design classic.
Two inscriptions flanking yesterday’s door.
No. 2: Additional information.
No. 2: Additional information.
December 10, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Two inscriptions flanking yesterday’s door.
No. 2: Additional information.
No. 2: Additional information.
Two inscriptions flanking yesterday’s door.
No. 1: Essential information.
No. 1: Essential information.
December 10, 2023 at 11:44 AM
Two inscriptions flanking yesterday’s door.
No. 1: Essential information.
No. 1: Essential information.
The battle between modernity and monumentality (1925).
December 9, 2023 at 12:04 PM
The battle between modernity and monumentality (1925).
The door that goes with yesterday’s devil.
December 5, 2023 at 11:02 AM
The door that goes with yesterday’s devil.
The devil in the details.
December 3, 2023 at 11:26 AM
The devil in the details.
Egg and Dart detail.
November 27, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Egg and Dart detail.
Egg and Dart in the Gründerzeit.
November 26, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Egg and Dart in the Gründerzeit.
Detail from yesterday’s door.
November 24, 2023 at 12:30 PM
Detail from yesterday’s door.
Corner grandeur.
November 23, 2023 at 10:57 AM
Corner grandeur.
Exotic windows over the lintel (from the same Siedlung as the previous door).
November 21, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Exotic windows over the lintel (from the same Siedlung as the previous door).
Detail from a door in the same Siedlung as yesterday’s door.
November 20, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Detail from a door in the same Siedlung as yesterday’s door.
Door and non-door.
November 19, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Door and non-door.
The detail from yesterday’s door features some vicious birds attacking a snake flanked by the heads of two sleeping kings. Perhaps…
November 17, 2023 at 11:48 AM
The detail from yesterday’s door features some vicious birds attacking a snake flanked by the heads of two sleeping kings. Perhaps…
An inconspicuous entrance.
November 16, 2023 at 11:07 AM
An inconspicuous entrance.
A pair of owls preside over yesterday’s door.
November 13, 2023 at 11:11 AM
A pair of owls preside over yesterday’s door.
Liven up your Altbau with some tobacco-coloured seventies tiles.
November 12, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Liven up your Altbau with some tobacco-coloured seventies tiles.
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A triangular cap.
November 9, 2023 at 10:45 AM
A triangular cap.
A triangular cap.
November 9, 2023 at 10:45 AM
A triangular cap.
