Chilehaus by Fritz Höger, with artist Richard Kuöhl, 1922--24 (Hamburg, Germany) —
"I spent my adolescence in Liverpool, like Hamburg, another great port city. My grandfather was a marine engineer for shipping lines trading with the Far East and on the dock road the prows of ships, overshadowing the great 19th century wall, were messengers from a world beyond. Chilehaus has a potent sense of this spirit of mercantile voyaging which appeals to me still." -- Eric Parry of Eric Parry Architects