Smoke and Mirrors: The Yenidze Cigarette Factory, Dresden

The Yenidze Cigarette Factory of 1909 was constructed as an industrial, architectural object that advertised Dresden as a center for the tobacco trade. Born from a unique client-architect relationship between Hugo Zietz and Martin Hammitzsch, the factory’s importance to modernism has been understated. Smoke and Mirrors uncovers the history of the factory’s planning, design, and construction, and for the first time, apart from the building’s historical narrative, positions this addition to Dresden’s skyline within the formative histories of the modern movement.

David Nielsen is an Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, where he teaches and researches architecture. His research investigates the formative histories of architectural Modernism and how this intersects with broader issues like industrialization. His books include Bruno Taut’s Design Inspiration for the Glashaus (Routledge, 2016) and History of the Mauser Rifle in Chile: Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895, 1912, and 1935 (Schiffer Military History, 2019).

Subject: Cultural Studies (General)History: 20th Century to Present Urban Studies

Area: Germany

Subject Codes

BISAC:
ARC005070 ARCHITECTURE/History/Modern (late 19th Century to 1945);
HIS014000 HISTORY/Europe/Germany;
ARC001000 ARCHITECTURE/Criticism

THEMA: AMX; 6MC; 1DFG-DE-FSB

Chapter 1. Dresden and the Yenidze Oriental Tobacco and Cigarette Company
Chapter 2. Orientalism’s Reception of Qaytbay’s and Khayrbak’s Mamluk Architecture
Chapter 3. Egypt, including Qaytbay and Khayrbak, at the World’s Fairs
Chapter 4. Orientalism and Germany
Chapter 5. Tobacco and the Rise of the Cigarette
Chapter 6. Tobacco and Smoking in the Occident and Orient

Conclusion

Bibliography
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Smoke and Mirrors

The Yenidze Cigarette Factory, Dresden

David Nielsen

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Subject: Cultural Studies (General)History: 20th Century to PresentUrban Studies

Area: Germany

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