Bernd & Hilla Becher: Architecture

The domestic buildings and industrial structures, uniformly composed within the frame, are presented as studies of utilitarian sculpture. As Hilla Becher has said of the couple’s architectural subjects, “They are functional, and they reflect what they do.”

Black and white photograph of a house facade

Black and white photograph of a cooling tower

Black and white photograph of a large multi-storied grain elevator

Black and white photograph of a house facade

black and white photograph of a lime kiln

black and white photograph of a water tower

black and white photograph of a house facade