Johann Friedrich Höger

Johann Friedrich (Fritz) Höger (12 June 1877 – 21 June 1949) was a German architect from Bekenreihe near Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein. His best-known work is the Brick Expressionist Chilehaus in Hamburg, constructed 1922-24 for saltpeter importer Henry B. Sloman. Höger constructed several other office buildings, a school including a planetarium, the Kirche am Hohenzollernplatz in Berlin, and the Wilhelmshaven town hall. In 1927 Höger joined the cultural staff of the Völkischer Beobachter and joined the NSDAP in 1932. Although Höger sympathized with National Socialism (Nazism), his expressionistic style did not meet Hitler's taste. As Höger did not follow the preferred classicistic marble style of Nazi architecture, he could not obtain a...