Haus Dr. Estrich, Modern residence with medical practice in Jüterbog, Germany
Haus Dr. Estrich is a two-storey house at Bleichhag 6 in Jüterbog, built in 1929–1930 to designs by Konrad Wachsmann as a home with a doctor's practice for Emmy and Georg Estrich. It is a rendered solid brick building in the Classical Modern style, standing directly against the historic town wall, into which a defensive tower is built.
Konrad Wachsmann designed Haus Dr. Estrich in 1929–1930 as his first commission after opening his own architecture office, a combined home and medical practice for Emmy and Georg Estrich. Wachsmann later wrote that it remained the only stone building he ever realised. The house is listed as a Baudenkmal in the Brandenburg state monument register.
Georg Estrich was a vegetarian and sun worshipper who, according to Wachsmann, even wore shorts in his consultation rooms. The house was planned as a home with a doctor's practice for him and his wife Emmy, so living and working shared one building at Bleichhag 6, beside the old town wall and its integrated defensive tower.
The house stands at Bleichhag 6, directly on Jüterbog's historic town wall, into which a defensive tower is built. The building is a plastered solid brick structure, listed as a monument in the state register. Visitors can view it from the street; the interior is a private residence.
Wachsmann called this his first work as an independent architect, and it stayed his only stone building; the house is a rendered brick masonry structure. It stands at Bleichhag 6 against Jüterbog's old town wall, with a defensive tower built into the wall at that spot. The building is listed as a monument in the state register.
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