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Fig. 5. C. Luedecke: Villa Straat in Breslau, plan ofcellar, ground- and first floor, 1863. Drawings collection, Museum ofArchitecture, Wroclaw,
Poland.

Both architects were fluent in varions historical
styles and it seems that, following the postulâtes of
Wilhelm Stier, they adopted varions styles to spécifie
design works. Luedecke believed that the gothic style
was perfect for large facilities, whereas for smaller
buildings he chose the ‘tectonic’ classicism based on
antiquity.23 Luedecke was among the few artists who
paid special attention to the limitations in choice of
style imposed by the current building law. Accord-
ing to Luedecke, the law enforced in Wroclaw in the
19,h Century was an effective hindrance in designing
residential buildings that were characterized by
a picturesquely relaxed mass diversified by motifs

23 LUEDECKE, C.: Zur Stilfrage bei Bauten und Kunstwerken
der Jetztzeit. In: SiehenunddreißigstenJahres-Bericht der Schlesischen
Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur. Breslau 1859, p. 317.

characteristic of the middle ages - peaks, turrets and
oriels.24
In accordance with the building law, multi-fami-
ly municipal houses were built in Wroclaw in
a Condensed development, along the line of the de-
velopment, which most often matched the division
line of the Street. Limitations on the maximum
number of stories and height of the building prevented
the possibility to design gables, and until 1864 it was
forbidden to build oriels and turrets in residential
houses. Luedecke justified his choice of classicism and
renaissance forms in designing residential housing not
by conceptual reasons, but the simple need to adapt
u Ibidem, p. 215.

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