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Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings (2023)
Journal Article
Abdelrahman, M., Coates, P., & Poppelreuter, T. (2023). Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings. Journal of Building Engineering, 80, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108049

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognized by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Visible outside view as a facilitation tool to evaluate view quality and shading systems through building openings.

Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand (2016)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2016). Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand. Fabrications, 26(2), 180-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2016.1173164

In 1939, a number of European architects found refuge in New Zealand from the National Socialist regime. Their subsequent practice led to the notion that their presence had a significant impact on New Zealand architectural culture – especially in tra... Read More about Before 1939 : refugee architects to New Zealand.

Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930 (2016)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2016). Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930. Journal of Architecture, 21(2), 244-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2016.1160946

Within the discourse that sought to develop housing during the inter-war era in Germany, standardisation was regarded as a means with which to create adequate solutions for the working class. Housing needs were subsumed into a set amount of common de... Read More about Spaces for the elevated personal life : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's concept of the dweller, 1926–1930.

Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939 (2015)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2015). Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939. Fabrications, 25(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2015.1006761

This paper analyses a selection of houses built by Heinrich Kulka between 1930 and 1939 that were influenced by the spatial design that Kulka termed “Raumplan” in the first monograph on his teacher Adolf Loos in 1931. The exterior organisation and th... Read More about Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939.

Changing places : New Zealand houses by Winkler & Eisenhofer 1958 to 1969 (2013)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2013). Changing places : New Zealand houses by Winkler & Eisenhofer 1958 to 1969. Journal of Architecture, 18(6), 875-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2013.859167

The Austrian-born architects Erwin Winkler and Fritz Eisenhofer immigrated to New Zealand during the 1950s. After working at the Housing Division of the Ministry of Works, they established a joint architectural practice in 1958 when the growing New Z... Read More about Changing places : New Zealand houses by Winkler & Eisenhofer 1958 to 1969.

‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch (2012)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2012). ‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch. Journal of Architecture, 17(2), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2012.678645

In 1928 the Austrian architect and engineer Franz Löwitsch (1894–1946) published the article ‘Sensation of Space and Modern Architecture’ in Imago, the psychoanalytical journal edited by Sigmund Freud. Based on Richard Semon's theories of Mneme, whic... Read More about ‘Sensation of space and modern architecture’ : a psychology of architecture by Franz Löwitsch.

Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man (2011)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2011). Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man. Journal of Design History, 24(1), 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epq049

In 1929, Walter Gropius developed the ‘High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building’ that was based on theories about the emergence of a New Man put forward by sociologist Franz Müller-Lyer. In his lecture at the Congrès International d’Architecture Mode... Read More about Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man.