Rooftop
Exterior of the elevator room
At the entrance part of the tower, there is a big semi-circular arch, and three-strand semi-circular arches of the window are positioned above it.
Consecutive arches like this are a decoration typical to the Romanesque design style.
On the bellows of the eaves, there is a successive triangular pattern, which is the influence of German Expressionist design, especially Cubism.
Elevator room and elevator machine
The power machinery of the elevator is quite a period piece which can be even called Heritage of Industrial Modernization.
Interior of the elevator room
The windows, sashes and glass still remain as the way when the building was constructed. The vertically long out-swinging windows use iron sashes.
Steel sashes are more robust and higher in crime prevention capability than current aluminum sashes, but the weakness is their tendency to rust and to be lower in airtightness.
The glass contains rhombic nets to prevent it from breaking and scattering around in case of a fire.
Stairs to the elevator room and the windows under the elevator room
The iron stairs leading to the elevator room were made during the original construction and still remain.
The windows, sashes and glass are from the time of original construction as well. All the windows open outward and use steel sashes.
