Julius Lauth

Hanseatic City Hall

In January I showed a Julius Lauth building -- French Empire Château.  This month Julius Lauth designs are featured on both this page and my own page.  In both cases, although the designs are by Julius Lauth, I did the actual construction.  The Hanseatic City Hall (his name) was reproduced from a full set of drawings.  The building on my page was built from a few vague sketches.  As you can see from the first picture, the city hall he modeled was constructed over several centuries, as the style of architecture is quite varied.  The earliest part of the building is the entrance, which is a truly medieval fortified gate.  (Yes, I know that city halls were built in the center of town, not next to one of the defended portals.

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The central plaza is very nice, and the unusual mosaic floor was a lot of fun to build.  Note the large auditorium over the newer central section of the city hall.  The fountain in the plaza is topped by an Anchor lion.

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A nice view of all three major sections of the city hall.  The front is intended to be along a river.  (Yes, I know.)

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The newest section of this city hall seems to me to be 18th century.  The flat from is covered with Dachsteine roof tiles from the DS series of Anchor sets.  The use of mosaic stones as a decoration is unique, and the result is very attractive.

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