Capital Dilemma investigates the political decisions and historical events behind the redesign of Berlin's governmental architecture by weaving a complex and exciting drama of politics, memory, and cultural values in which Helmut Kohl, Albert Speer, Sir Norman Foster, and I.M. P…
Mies van der Rohe's last great building was built to house the Berlin and Prussian State Collections of 19th and 20th century art under one roof, on a site which had been the cultural hub of Berlin before wartime bombing.
"In many different parts of the world people cordon off sites of great suffering or great heroism from routine use and employ these sites exclusively for purposes of remembrance. The author of this book turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin in order to understand how som…
"In many different parts of the world people cordon off sites of great suffering or great heroism from routine use and employ these sites exclusively for purposes of remembrance. The author of this book turns to the landscape of contemporary Berlin in order to understand how som…
Der Reichstag ist eines der wenigen Gebäude, die stets im Brennpunkt des Geschehens und im Spannungsfeld der deutschen Geschichte standen. Michael S. Cullen erzählt mit der Kenntnis des Insiders die Bau- und politische Geschichte des heutigen Bundestages von der langwierigen Pla…
