(SarahTz– flickr/creative commons license) Hans Scharoun designed the Berliner Philharmoniker, completed in 1963. The previous concert hall had been destroyed by bombing raids in 1944. The Kammermusiksaal hall completed Sharoun’s Kulturforum in 1987. Web-users were invited to enter the building …
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Behnisch Architekten designed the Marco Polo residential tower in HafenCity Hamburg, on the Elbe river. The 55m tower was completed in 2010. The twisting structure recalls Malmo’s Turning Torso building. But the smaller scale and more individual character of each …
(Pixelteufel– flickr/creative commons license) Richard Meier designed Stadthaus Ulm as part of the town Neue Mitte. The exhibition center near historic Ulm Minster cathedral was completed in 199. An open staircase winds around a circular section to connect all four …
(Detlef Schobert– flickr/creative commons license) Schrammel Architekten designed the City Bibliothek Neue Stadtbücherei on Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Augsburg. Light Trumpets designed the daylighting devices. Located in the middle of the historic city, the “open architecture” brings transparency for the people. A …
Richard Rogers designed the Daimler Chrysler Berlin headquarters, completed in 1999. The project includes three building of a total 57,800 m² floor area. The contemporary forms are arranged to allow courtyards between. The buildings contain commercial facilities as well as …
(Bettina Pousttchin– wikipedia/creative commons license) Gerwald Rockenschaub, Bettina Pousttchi, and Carsten Nicolai conceived the exterior facades for Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin at Schlossplatz in Berlin’s town center. The exhibit lasted from 2008-2010. The box building was dressed with a variety of …
(LutzBruno– wikipedia/creative commons license) Karl Hufnagel, Peter Pütz and Michael Rafaelian designed the Leipzig museum of art, completed in 2004. The previous museum was destroyed in a British air raid in WW2, and was the scene of a Nazi attack …
(96dpi– flickr/creative commons license) Stephan Braunfels designed the Marie-Elisabether-Lüders-Haus in Berlin’s Regierungsviertel, completed in 2003. The house contains the Parliamentary Library and Archives for the nearby Reichstag, and it is part of the goverment Band des Bundes. Standing on the …
(Leandro’s World Tour– flickr/creative commons license) Behnisch und Partners designed the LB Nord bank in Hannover, Germany, completed in 2002. Great blocks of office space cantilever up to 17 meters over the city in this Deconstructivist design. It is described …
(dalbera– flickr/creative commons license) Erich Mendelsohn (with Richard Neutra) designed the Einsteinturm astrophysical observatory for the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany, completed in 1924. The expressionist structure atop Telegraphenberg houses Erwin Finlay-Freundlich’s telescope which was used to validate …