Caption:
Close-up of a facade made of Horten tiles, a building of Horten department store in Hildesheim (today Galeria Kaufhof, Karstadt). A pigeon protection net is installed in front of the facade. The Horten tile is the building block of a special building facade, named after the Horten department store. It was designed by Helmut Rhode around 1961.The basic size of a tile is 50 × 50 cm, the depth is about 15-20 cm. Initially, the tiles were made of ceramic, later - aluminum. The shape corresponds to a stylized H for hoarding (Horten). The facades can currently still be seen at some branches in different cities in Germany. On 1 July 2020, insolvency proceedings were filed for the successor group Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof at Court, which were successfully concluded in 2020. On 13 March 2023, it was announced that 52 of the remaining 129 department stores in Germany would be closed on 30 July 2023 and 31 January 2024. Let's hope that the stores with the Horten Tiles facades will not be demolished.
Size: 3637h x 5494w