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.”

Framework House: Heuslingstraße 342, Oberheuslingen, 1970
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Cooling Tower [Kühlturm], Mons, Borinage, B, 1967
gelatin silver print, 24 x 20 inches (image & sheet) [61 x 50.8 cm]

Grain Elevator [Getreideheber], Coolus, Châlons-en-Champagne, F, 2006
gelatin silver print, 22-3/8 x 36-1/2 inches (framed) [59.4 x 92.7 cm]

Framework House: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1, Niederfischbach, 1962
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Lime Kiln [Kalköfen], Ten Boer, NL, 1968
gelatin silver print, 19-1/8 x 22-7/8 inches (framed) [48.6 x 58.1 cm]

Water Tower [Wasserturm], Herve/Liège, B, 1971
gelatin-silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Framework House: Oststraße 16, Freudenberg, 1971
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherFramework House: Heuslingstraße 342, Oberheuslingen
1970
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherCooling Tower [Kühlturm], Mons, Borinage, B
1967
gelatin silver print, 24 x 20 inches (image & sheet) [61 x 50.8 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherGrain Elevator [Getreideheber], Coolus, Châlons-en-Champagne, F
2006
gelatin silver print, 22-3/8 x 36-1/2 inches (framed) [59.4 x 92.7 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherFramework House: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1, Niederfischbach
1962
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherLime Kiln [Kalköfen], Ten Boer, NL
1968
gelatin silver print, 19-1/8 x 22-7/8 inches (framed) [48.6 x 58.1 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherWater Tower [Wasserturm], Herve/Liège, B
1971
gelatin-silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherFramework House: Oststraße 16, Freudenberg
1971
gelatin silver print, 36-1/2 x 22-3/8 inches (framed) [92.7 x 59.4 cm]