Bernd & Hilla Becher: Framework Houses

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 house facade
black and white photograph of a house facade
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house
Black and white photograph of the exterior facade of a framework house

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