Smoke and Mirrors

The Yenidze Cigarette Factory of 1909 was constructed as an industrial, architectural object that advertised Dresden as a center for the tobacco trade. Born from a unique client-architect relationship between Hugo Zietz and Martin Hammitzsch, the factory s importance to modernism has been understated. Smoke and Mirrors uncovers the history of the factory s planning, design, and construction, and for the first time, apart from the building s historical narrative, positions this addition to Dresden s skyline within the formative histories of the modern movement.