Buildings

BBB presents a selection of post-war modernist buildings in the Ruhr area – large and small, familiar or unknown, eye-catching or inconspicuous. During the year 2018, the collection will continously grow. Go on a journey of discovery!

Audimax of the Ruhr-University Bochum

Audimax of the Ruhr-University Bochum

Bochum

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Helmut Hentrich, Hubert Petschnigg, HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner
Berufsförderungswerk Dortmund

Berufsförderungswerk Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings, Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hans Magoley, Will Schwarz
BlueBox

BlueBox

Bochum

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Bruno Lambart, Planungsgruppe Staatshochbauamt für die Universität Bochum
Bürgerhaus Oststadt

Bürgerhaus Oststadt

Essen

Building Type: Cultural Buildings, Educational Buildings, Leisure and Sports Facilities
Architect/Artist/Office:
Friedrich Mebes
Cafeteria of the Studierendenwerk Dortmund

Cafeteria of the Studierendenwerk Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Walter Henn, Claus Wiechmann
Christuskirche

Christuskirche

Bochum

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Dieter Oesterlen
City hall Dorsten

City hall Dorsten

Dorsten

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Karl-Heinz Schwirtz, Hein Stappmann
City Wohnpark

City Wohnpark

Duisburg

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gerhard F. Krapoth
Distance university Hagen, general disposal centre

Distance university Hagen, general disposal centre

Hagen

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Bruno Lambart
DOC - Dortmund Center for medicine & health

DOC - Dortmund Center for medicine & health

Dortmund

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Harald Deilmann
EF 50 of the Technical University of Dortmund

EF 50 of the Technical University of Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Bruno Lambart
Faculty of Mathematics of the TU Dortmund University

Faculty of Mathematics of the TU Dortmund University

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Zentrale Planungsstelle für Hochschulbauten des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Finnstadt

Finnstadt

Dorsten

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Toivo Korhonen, Lauri Sorainen
Florianturm

Florianturm

Dortmund

Building Type: Transportation and Technical Structures
Architect/Artist/Office:
Will Schwarz
Former Department Store

Former Department Store

Herne

Building Type: Commercial Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Emil Fahrenkamp
Forum and Town Hall Castrop-Rauxel

Forum and Town Hall Castrop-Rauxel

Castrop-Rauxel

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings, Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hans Dissing, Arne Jacobsen, Otto Weitling, Dissing + Weitling
Forum City

Forum City

Mülheim an der Ruhr

Building Type: Residential Buildings, Commercial Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hanns-Henning Lautz
Geschwister-Scholl-Schule

Geschwister-Scholl-Schule

Lünen

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hans Scharoun
Grugabad

Grugabad

Essen

Building Type: Leisure and Sports Facilities
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gerd Lichtenhahn
Grugahalle

Grugahalle

Essen

Building Type: Cultural Buildings, Leisure and Sports Facilities
Architect/Artist/Office:
Ernst Friedrich Brockmann, Gerd Lichtenhahn
H-Bahn of the Technical University of Dortmund

H-Bahn of the Technical University of Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Transportation and Technical Structures
Architect/Artist/Office:
Habiflex

Habiflex

Dorsten

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Richard Gottlob, Horst Klement
Heilig Geist Kirche

Heilig Geist Kirche

Essen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gottfried Böhm
Heilig Kreuz Kirche

Heilig Kreuz Kirche

Bottrop

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Rudolf Schwarz
Heilige Familie

Heilige Familie

Oberhausen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Josef Bernard, Rudolf Schwarz
Heinrich-Thöne-Volkshochschule

Heinrich-Thöne-Volkshochschule

Mülheim an der Ruhr

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Dietmar Teich, Architektengemeinschaft Seidensticker-Spantzel-Teich-Budde-Gutsmann-Jung
Heinz-Hilpert-Theater

Heinz-Hilpert-Theater

Lünen

Building Type: Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gerhard Graubner
Housing complex Hannibal I

Housing complex Hannibal I

Dortmund

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Günther Odenwaeller, Heinz Spieß
Johanneskirche

Johanneskirche

Bochum

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gundolf Bockemühl, Hans Scharoun
Kolumbarium Duisburg

Kolumbarium Duisburg

Duisburg

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Lothar Kallmeyer
Lehmbruck Museum

Lehmbruck Museum

Duisburg

Building Type: Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Manfred Lehmbruck
Liebfrauenkirche

Liebfrauenkirche

Duisburg

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Toni Hermanns
Lukas-K-Haus

Lukas-K-Haus

Essen

Building Type: Religious Buildings, Residential Buildings, Healthcare
Architect/Artist/Office:
Reinhold Jerichow
Lukaskirche Hagen

Lukaskirche Hagen

Hagen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hans Erwin Nau
Marler Stern

Marler Stern

Marl

Building Type: Commercial Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Musiktheater im Revier

Musiktheater im Revier

Gelsenkirchen

Building Type: Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Werner Ruhnau
New Town of Wulfen

New Town of Wulfen

Dorsten

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Fritz Eggeling
Opera house Dortmund

Opera house Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Josef Clemens, Edgar Frasch, Heinrich Rosskotten, Edgar Tritthart
Petruskirche

Petruskirche

Gladbeck

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Karl Wimmenauer
Planetarium

Planetarium

Bochum

Building Type: Educational Buildings, Special Structures
Architect/Artist/Office:
Karl-Heinz Schwarze
Protestant Hospital Hattingen

Protestant Hospital Hattingen

Hattingen

Building Type: Healthcare
Architect/Artist/Office:
Wolfgang Rauh
Residential and Commercial Building

Residential and Commercial Building

Oberhausen

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Heinz Knäpper, Friedrich Riegels
Residential and commercial building with pavilion

Residential and commercial building with pavilion

Bochum

Building Type: Residential Buildings, Special Structures
Architect/Artist/Office:
Ernst Vollmann
Restaurant Buschmühle

Restaurant Buschmühle

Dortmund

Building Type: Leisure and Sports Facilities
Architect/Artist/Office:
Otto-Heinz Groth, Werner Lehmann, Wolfram Schlote
Revierpark Nienhausen

Revierpark Nienhausen

Gelsenkirchen

Building Type: Leisure and Sports Facilities
Architect/Artist/Office:
A. Flöttmann, Heinz Eckebrecht
Ruhr-University Bochum

Ruhr-University Bochum

Bochum

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Helmut Hentrich
Scharounschule

Scharounschule

Marl

Building Type: Educational Buildings, Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hans Scharoun
Schauspielhaus Bochum

Schauspielhaus Bochum

Bochum

Building Type: Cultural Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gerhard Graubner
School building Sckellstraße

School building Sckellstraße

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Otto-Heinz Groth, Werner Lehmann, Wolfram Schlote
Split-level house Girondelle

Split-level house Girondelle

Bochum

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Albin Hennig
St. Albertus Magnus

St. Albertus Magnus

Bochum

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gottfried Böhm
St. Antonius

St. Antonius

Essen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Rudolf Schwarz
St. Barbara

St. Barbara

Duisburg

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Toni Hermanns
St. Joseph

St. Joseph

Dortmund

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Heinz Guthoff
St. Suitbert

St. Suitbert

Essen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Josef Lehmbrock, Stefan Polónyi
St.Benno

St.Benno

Dortmund

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Theo Schwill
Tax office Bochum-Süd

Tax office Bochum-Süd

Bochum

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Gerhard Graubner, Clemens Korn, E. Topp
Technical University of Dortmund

Technical University of Dortmund

Dortmund

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Zentrale Planungsstelle für Hochschulbauten des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Thomaskirche

Thomaskirche

Gelsenkirchen

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Fred Janowski, Albrecht Egon Wittig
Thomaskirche Hamm

Thomaskirche Hamm

Hamm

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Friedrich Wilhelm Kölsche, Max Kratz
Tossehof

Tossehof

Gelsenkirchen

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Werner Duve, Horst Klement, Franz Kreuz
Town hall  Lünen

Town hall Lünen

Lünen

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Werner Rausch, Siegfried Stein
Town Hall Marl

Town Hall Marl

Marl

Building Type: Administrative and Office Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Jacob Berend Bakema, Johannes Hendrik van den Broek
Trauerhalle Ost

Trauerhalle Ost

Bochum

Building Type: Religious Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Ferdinand Keilmann
University Library Bochum

University Library Bochum

Bochum

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Bruno Lambart
University of Duisburg-Essen, Building SG

University of Duisburg-Essen, Building SG

Duisburg

Building Type: Educational Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Hochbauamt der Stadt Duisburg
Wohnhügel

Wohnhügel

Marl

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Peter Faller, Roland Frey, Claus Schmidt, Hermann Schröder
Woldenmey-Siedlung

Woldenmey-Siedlung

Dortmund

Building Type: Residential Buildings
Architect/Artist/Office:
Ernst Burghartz, Hans Günter Fuss
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