Steel zeppelin

By Robert Elwall 2002-10-01T00:00:00

Source: RIBA Library Photographs Collection

Airship hangars are icons of functionalist architecture – as well as German history. This one was built in 1931, one of a number designed to house a fleet that included the Hindenburg.

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