Hans Scharoun (1893–1972) pursued an organic, Expressionist architecture that prioritised the experience of interior space over external form. The catalogue holds 4 of his works, spanning five decades of German architecture.
The Berlin Philharmonic (1963) revolutionised concert hall design with its vineyard-style seating that wraps the audience around the orchestra — the building's tent-like exterior is a direct expression of this interior idea. The Berlin State Library (1978, completed posthumously) extends the same principles to a reading landscape of terraced levels. Villa Schminke (1933) in Löbau is an early Modernist masterpiece: a house shaped like a ship, with curved walls and flowing interior spaces. Scharoun also contributed to the Siemensstadt housing estate in Berlin.
