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This striking house was designed in 1931 by Heinrich Lauterbach for Dr. Friedrich Schmelowsky and his wife. Heinrich Lauterbach had worked in Breslau since 1925, where he held a leading position at the international building exhibition WUWA (Werkbundausstellung Wohnung und Werkraum). He met the Schmelowskys in 1930 and granted their wish for a modern house which delivered their need for privacy. The house certainly makes quite a reserved and secretive impression with a customary glance from the street, yet its façade develops more and more expressionist features and carries many maritime-looking elements at closer inspection. The rounded roof houses the large, two-floored living room. The light falls in through a large glass window which overlooks the garden. The attic accommodates a spacious bedroom with a dressing room, a bathroom and a rooftop terrace; the basement used to include ancillary rooms. The Schmelowskys did not have children and lived alone in the house. It is today a listed building and is privately owned.