Lifts in Berlin

Lifts in Berlin presents an illustrated history of the elevator, a building feature whose development dramatically changed the face of metropolitan architecture. Charting the past century of "lift" design, this book illuminates major European design trends -- from late Historicism, Art Nouveau, and New Functionalism all the way through to the transparency of modern lift architecture. Art historian Kerstin Englert explores historical sources, the post-1945 period of standardization, and the modern varieties of elevators in Berlin.