1963 – Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, Berlin, Germany
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.
In 1964, Hans Scharoun won the competition for the Prussian State Library with this design.
The construction of the Kammermusiksaal (chamber music hall) in 1987 completed Hans Scharoun’s concept for the Kulturforum almost thirty years after construction had started on the Philharmonie in 1960.
Wissenschaftszentrum or Science Centre or the “Wedding cake”
The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) covers two millennia of German Jewish history.
Built as a result of an architectural competition,