Der Architekt Werner Ruhnau ist ein Grenzgänger zwischen den Künsten. Weltberühmt für sein Gelsenkirchener Musiktheater (1959), bei dem er u.a. mit Yves Klein, Jean ...
Independent of changes in fashion, the Stuttgart architectural practice of Wulf & Partner (Tobias Wulf, Kai Bierich, Alexander Vohl) have made a name for ...
In post-colonial Africa, "White Elephant" was the ironic moniker given to buildings erected with international money and never put to use. They remain as ...
The architectural heritage of post-war Modernism greatly infl uences the identity of our cities. A total of 60 percent of all urban construction stems ...
Hugh Stubbins, who began his career as an assistant to Walter Gropius at Harvard, is undoubtedly among the important international architects of postwar Modernism. ...
As a sequel to the acclaimed publication Elektropolis Berlin - Historische Bauten der Stromverteilung from 2000, the book presents more than 20 large and ...
The standard lamps "Schliephacke" and "Ssymmank" became well-known as favourite designs within the Berlin intellectual scene. Today, the two lamps dating from the late ...
This book demonstrates both how closely the material's history is linked to the development of Modernism in Germany and how fascinated designers, architects and ...
Mit dem neuen Hans Otto Theater hat Gottfried Böhm, einer der profiliertesten deutschen Architekten und Pritzker-Preisträger, einen neuen Blickfang im "preußischen Arkadien" der Potsdam-Glienicker ...
Das Großkraftwerk "Elbe" liegt als monumentaler Solitär in den Elbwiesen des Gartenreichs Dessau-Wörlitz. In den 1930er Jahren errichtet und in den 50er Jahren ausgebaut ...
The newly refurbished Berlin Olympic Stadium will once again be the focus of public attention during the 2006 FIFA World Cup football championship. This ...
Demographic and structural change in our cities places new demands on urban development and the planning professions. The BMVBW (Federal Ministry for Traffic, Building ...
Günter Behnisch, autor del proyecto ganador de la restauración del edificio de la Akademie der Künste, ofrece en este volumen una provocadora interpretación de ...
El proyecto germano-ruso archxchange investiga las influencias recíprocas entre el Este y el Oeste y cómo la arquitectura y el urbanismo reflejan la identidad ...
