Berlin
With the construction of a turbine factory for AEG in Berlin, architect Peter Behrens did away with the battlements, brick facades and turrets that had characterized industrial architecture until then.
Behrensbau
The Behrensbau is the crown jewel of Berlin's Oberschöneweide industrial area. In 1917, architect and AEG designer Peter Behrens established the Nationale Automobil Gesellschaft (NAG) automobile factory there, a subsidiary of AEG.
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