🏭 Fagus Factory in Alfeld
Modernist shoe-last factory designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, 1911
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Completed: 1911
- Architects: Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
- UNESCO inscription: 2011
The Fagus Factory in Alfeld is an industrial building in Lower Saxony, Germany that pioneered the curtain wall system and modernist factory design. Designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer and completed in 1911, it introduced glass-and-steel facades that suspended non-load-bearing walls, fundamentally changing how buildings were constructed. The factory was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. As of 2026, the building remains largely intact and continues to operate as a ...