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"Zuckerbäcker"-Architectur

English translation: wedding-cake style

10:03 Oct 13, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
German term or phrase: "Zuckerbäcker"-Architectur
It is a specialist term for a certain form of architecture, in this case it applies to the buildings surrounding the Cologne cathedral.
NickWatson
Germany
Local time: 19:26
English translation:wedding-cake style
Explanation:
doesn’t go together with pomp and wedding-cake style. At the time our Siemenshaus
is built, ... succeeds Karl Janisch as Siemens’ chief architect. The ...
www.moevenpick-hotels.com/NR/rdonlyres/ 1D8A3753-032F-49D8-A189-4A707EEF4E66/0/berlin_hausgeschichtenl2

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-13 10:18:39 GMT)
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Im Indo-Sarazenischen (Zuckerbäcker) Stiel

http://www.geocities.com/hd_uss_koelle/india/india5.html

http://www.tagesspiegel-berlin.de/sonntag/index.asp?gotos=ht...

... we head for Karl-Marx-Allee and its exotic Moscow style "Zuckerbäcker" architecture. To the joy of all on board some of ...
www.fontshop.de/typo96/liveSoE.html


Zuckerbäckerstil" ist eine Erfindung westlicher Demagogen, kolportiert vor allem von den "freien" Medien sowie Architekten und Stadtplanern, die maßgeblich an der Enstehung des (West-)Berliner Hansaviertels beteiligt waren.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/printthread.php?t=229872
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Norbert Hermann
Local time: 18:26
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Summary of answers provided
2 +6wedding-cake style
Norbert Hermann
4gingerbread style
Caro McL
1 +2Gingerbread style of architecture
Leveleki
2eclectic architecture
Ulrike Judkins


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"Zuckerbäcker"-Architectur
Gingerbread style of architecture


Explanation:
Could this be what they mean??? The expression is used in English to denote a specific style of building.

Leveleki
France
Local time: 19:26
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: supported by Langenscheidt (but no need to capitalise it)
6 mins
neutral  ------ (X): I think this rather refers to medieval architecture, frame houses...
10 mins
neutral  BrigitteHilgner: Mary. L. Apelt: Engl-Germ. Dictionary: Art History - archaeology: spätviktorianischer, mit Verzierungen überladener Baustil. I am not sure whether this fits in the context mentioned.
25 mins
agree  sylvie malich (X): uncapped in brackets leaving the German original
48 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +6
wedding-cake style


Explanation:
doesn’t go together with pomp and wedding-cake style. At the time our Siemenshaus
is built, ... succeeds Karl Janisch as Siemens’ chief architect. The ...
www.moevenpick-hotels.com/NR/rdonlyres/ 1D8A3753-032F-49D8-A189-4A707EEF4E66/0/berlin_hausgeschichtenl2

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-10-13 10:18:39 GMT)
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Im Indo-Sarazenischen (Zuckerbäcker) Stiel

http://www.geocities.com/hd_uss_koelle/india/india5.html

http://www.tagesspiegel-berlin.de/sonntag/index.asp?gotos=ht...

... we head for Karl-Marx-Allee and its exotic Moscow style "Zuckerbäcker" architecture. To the joy of all on board some of ...
www.fontshop.de/typo96/liveSoE.html


Zuckerbäckerstil" ist eine Erfindung westlicher Demagogen, kolportiert vor allem von den "freien" Medien sowie Architekten und Stadtplanern, die maßgeblich an der Enstehung des (West-)Berliner Hansaviertels beteiligt waren.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/printthread.php?t=229872

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 19
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ------ (X): Supported by Oxford Duden.
4 mins
  -> cheers :-)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: supported by Collins
4 mins
  -> cheers :-)
agree  Michele Fauble
14 mins
agree  BrigitteHilgner: My choice, too.
24 mins
agree  Daniel Bird
28 mins
agree  Kathi Stock
3 hrs
neutral  Nicole Schnell: Buildings with distinct tiers. I guess, that's not what is meant here. http://www.emporis.com/en/ab/ds/sg/ra/bu/ca/ap/sy/tr/wc/
12 hrs
  -> there might be different interpretations of wedding-cake style; I was thinking of the elaborate icing decoration, sure the others did as well.
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gingerbread style


Explanation:


Wedding cake style is used when referring to the towering Soviet socialist style buildings, but I don't think this is appropriate to describe the more ornate Altstadt buildings in or around the cathedral. Also think it is useful to leave the German phrase in ""

Some debate on Leo previously on this topic

http://www.stalys.de/data/wz01.htm


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=229962&goto=n...






    Reference: http://forum.leo.org/archiv.ende/2004_12/14/20041214162640e_...
    Reference: http://www.koelnarchitektur.de/
Caro McL
Ireland
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
"Zuckerbaecker"-Architektur
eclectic architecture


Explanation:
all types of neo-styles: neo-baroque, neo-gothic, neo-romanesque, etc.
Soviet architecture
mixture of styles
Historismus Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts/Ekletizismus


    Reference: http://www.historismus.net/definition.html
    Reference: http://www.beyars.com/kunstlexikon/lexikon_2444.html
Ulrike Judkins
Local time: 12:26
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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