The Glass Chain or Crystal Chain sometimes known as the "Utopian Correspondence" (german: Die Gläserne Kette) was a
chain letter
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that took place between November 1919 and December 1920. It was a correspondence of
architect
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s that formed a basis of
expressionist architecture
Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts that especially developed and dominated in Germany. Brick Expressionis ...
in
Germany
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. It was initiated by
Bruno Taut
Bruno Julius Florian Taut (4 May 1880 – 24 December 1938) was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author of Prussian Lithuanian heritage ("taut" means "nation" in Lithuanian). He was active during the Weimar period and is know ...
.
Names, pen-names, and locations of participants
Bibliography
*Sharp, Dennis (1966). ''Modern Architecture and Expressionism''. George Braziller: New York.
*Whyte, Iain Boyd ed. (1985). ''Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle''. The MIT Press.
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External links
Gläserne Kette, Sammlung im Hans-Scharoun-Archiv(in German),
Academy of Arts, Berlin
The Academy of Arts (german: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany.
The Academy's predecessor organization was fo ...
Die gläserne Kette collection Canadian Centre for Architecture
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,
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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