The Fagus shoe factory, Alfeld

Das Fagus-Werk in Alfeld, Farbphotographie, 2007, Photograph: Carsten Janssen; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fagus_Gropius_Hauptgebaeude_200705_wiki_rueckseite.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Fagus_Gropius_Hauptgebaeude_200705_wiki_rueckseite.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Germany, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en.

The Fagus shoe factory in Alfeld (near Hanover), designed in 1911 by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, is one of the classic examples of modern industrial architecture. It was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2011.

Das Fagus-Werk in Alfeld, colour photograph, 2007, photographer: Carsten Janssen; source: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Germany.