Hans Hansen (architect), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German architect
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Place of Birth: Roetgen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Hans Hansen (architect)
- Hans Hansen (16 May 1889, Roetgen – 24 May 1966, Cologne) was a German architect and theorist and one of the correspondents of Bruno Taut's utopian expressionist chain letter, the Glass Chain.
- Hansen contributed under the pseudonym Antischmitz.Hansen was born in Roetgen.
- In 1920 he attracted the attention and praise of Bruno Taut after the publication of his book "The Experience of Architecture" (Das Erlebnis der Architektur).
- Hansen later went on to become one of Germany's leading church architects.
- He died in Cologne.
- His great great granddaughter, Dinah Jane Hansen, is in the girl group Fifth Harmony.
- She has shown support to him on her visit to Denmark on October 22, 2016
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