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Background information
"When homeowners lack the money for new windows or a facade paint job, it's unfortunate. Amazing things happen when money is available. More than in other cities, the striking differences from house to house in Cologne's streets catch the eye. There is no standard, no canon, no orientation as to what urban renewal should look like on a large or small scale. Everywhere, people are tinkering. From a social point of view, one can find this unbound and sympathetic; from an aesthetic point of view, it is often irritating or bizarre." (© Emons Verlag, 2005
Content
This book of photographs, 'Fassade. Cologne. Photographs. Architektur Straßen Öffentlichkeit' by Reinhard MATZ consists of color photographs taken between 2001 and 2005 in the Cologne urban area. Each page is labeled with a photograph as well as the name of the location and the page number. The table of contents is a table of contents and at the same time a commentary on what has been seen:
Kleinstadt Köln (Small town Cologne)
Straßen, Straßenzüge (Streets, streetscapes)
Baulücken, Brandmauern (Gaps between buildings, firewalls)
Straßenfronten, Straßenecken (Street fronts, street corners)
Fassaden. Büro-, Gewerbe- und öffentliche Gebäude (Facades. Offices, commercial and public buildings)
Fassaden. Wohngebäude (Facades. Residential buildings)
Das eigene Haus (The own house)
Nachbarn (Neighbors)
Balkone und andere Details (Balconies and other details)
Eingänge (Entrances)
Verkleidungen (Facings)
Farben (Colors)
Additional information
This book of photographs, 'Fassade. Köln. Fotografien' (Facade. Cologne. Photographs) by Reinhard MATZ has been supplemented by a text volume with contributions by various authors on the subject of 'Urban Design in Cologne'.