Visit+Hufeisensiedlung+and+meet+Bruno+Tault

You visit the Hufeisensiedlung and meet Bruno Taut
Whilst you are visiting the marvelous Hufeisensiedlung you come across surprisingly, Bruno Taut! You ask him if he can have a little chat.

**You:** Are you Bruno Taut, by any chance? **Bruno Taut:** Yes, I am why? **You:** Would you care for a chat? **Bruno Taut:** Yes, ok then, but I can't stay long I've got an important meeting soon. **You:** Oh, thank you, no it won't be long. Can you tell me a bit about yourself? **Bruno Taut:** Well, there is quite a lot I can mention. I was born on the 4th of may 1880, and I am architect, city planner, and author. **You:** I hear that you have designed many famous and extraordinary buildings. **Bruno Taut:** Yes, I have, actually I have here a few photos of my favorites.

You look at the photos in his hands.

**You:** Oh wow, that is the Kaeseglocke right? **Bruno Taut:** Yes, certainly, it was built in 1926



**Bruno Taut:** And this the Glass Pavilion, my little temple of beauty which was built in 1914, at the cologne Deutscher Werkbund Exhibition. Reflections of light whose colors began at the base with a dark blue and rose up through moss green and golden yellow to culminate at the top in a luminous pale yellow. **You:** Wow it is spectacular! **Bruno Taut:** I'm very proud of it. **You:** Have you got any time to tell me a little more about you? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Bruno Taut:** Ok, well my sketches for the publication Alpine Architecture are apparently seen as the work of the future. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**You:** Wow... <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Bruno Taut:** I am also classified as an modernist and in particular, a expressionist. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**You:** How interesting! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**Bruno Taut:** I've got to go know, I'm sorry. It is nice meeting you. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**You:** Ah, Ok thank you very much anyway.

You shake his hand as he leaves, and continue your tour around the marvelous 'horse shoe'

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