1963 – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Franz Schwechten, Egon Eiermann
Destroyed in the Second World War,
Destroyed in the Second World War,
The Philharmonie was the first of a series of buildings which would create a Kulturforum (including the Kammermusiksaal,
The tallest structure in Berlin,
The design idiom of Mies van der Rohe is familiar to all from its adoption by the corporate world and its many ‘copies’
The modern Palast der Republik rose on part of the site of a Berlin palace between 1973 and 1976.
The tower is 148 meters (486 feet) tall,
Part of the headquarters complex of the Dresdner Bank,
In 1964, Hans Scharoun won the competition for the Prussian State Library with this design.
Allegedly the twin towers of the Deutsche Bank headquarters are called “Credit and Debit”
Dubbed the “Federal Bowling Alley” because of its tunnel-like shape,