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PETER BEHRENS AND AEG
AEG TURBINE HALL
Berlin, Germany
Peter Behrens (1868–1940), Architect
Hamburg, Germany
1909
Peter Behrens (1868–1940) was a true visionary
and the first Renaissance designer of the mod-
ern age, moving with ease from one discipline
to another—painting, architecture, product
design, furniture design, and graphic design.
His creative interests were boundless. Behrens
was the first to pursue a seamless integration
of graphic design and the built environment
and was an inspiration to the founders of the
modernist movement.
As a young man, he worked as a fine artist,
illustrator, and bookbinder in his native Ham-
burg. While the ...