(acidpix– flickr/creative commons license) Hafen City Hamburg is a new district of 157 hectares at the city’s port being developed for sustainability and urban efficiency. With more than $433 million invested at its conception in 2010, it includes leading designers …
Category: Germany
(onnola– flickr/creative commons license) Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects designed the Bahntower am Potsdamer Platz, on the corner of Sony Center, completed in 2000. At 26 floors and 103m tall it is the 59th tallest building in Germany. The sleekly …
The Evangelical Berliner Dom in Berlin was first established as St Erasmus Chapel under Frederick II Irontooth in 1451. Joachim II Hector acquired the Renaissance St. Paul’s Church from a Dominican convent in 1535 to establish the Brick Gothic cathedral …
(Reisen aus Leidenschaft– flickr/creative commons license) Ott Architekten designed this oval office building for Cancom IT, an information technology company, in Jettingen- Scheppach in Baden-Württemberg, completed in 2001. Strips of windows punch through a metallic ellipse. It is suspended over …
(worldaroundtrip– flickr/creative commons license) Gnädinger Architekten designed Das Science Center Medizintachnik in Berlina’s Postdamerplatz, on Ebertstraße. A dynamic facade of aluminum and glass opens and closes to admit light into the medical surgery facilities, exhibition and conference center. Inside, it …
The Wetlzar Dom was established by the Franks as early as 897 AD. This basilica was replaced by a the High Gothic structure that stands there today, which was expanded over the next centuries. It is one of the oldest …
(Allie_Caulfield– flickr/creative commons license) The Hessen nation built the Marburger Schloss in the 11th century. As an important site of religious reformation and educational development, the castle took a prominent role in Europe’s history. The first castle was a rectangular …
Schloss Braunfels was built in the 13th century in Germany’s late Gothic era. Edwin Oppler transformed the castle into its neo-Gothic fairytale appearance in 1880. Baroque and more modern expansions are to be seen atop the hill. Hessian artworks are …
The Bamberg town hall was built around 1467 on the river Regnitz. Originally influenced by Gothic, the building received Baroque and Rococo touches from Johann Jakob Michael Küchel in 1756. Anwar Johann painted the murals on the exterior walls. Traditional …
(charlotte henard – wikipedia/creative commons license) Max Dudler Architects designed the HU Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm Zentrum Universitätsbibliothek in Berlin.The vertical slit pattern bring a grandness to Germany’s largest open access library. It was completed 12 October 2009. The exterior …