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How do you actually build a people's theater? As simple as necessary, so as not to cause any fear about entering in the audience, and as chic as possible, because theater is not only about staging on stage. This is the answer of the architectural firm Lederer, Ragnarsdóttir, Oei (Stuttgart) and the construction company Reisch (Bad Saulgau). Their Munich Volkstheater presents itself as a powerfully poetic brick building that is in dialogue with the old buildings of the former Munich cattle yard and gives the neighborhood an important cultural impulse. LRO Lederer, Ragnarsdóttir, Oei Architekten was founded in 1979 and currently employs around 50 people. Arno Lederer, born 1947, Prof., studied architecture in Stuttgart from 1970 to 1976. Worked in the architectural offices of Ernst Gisel and Berger Hauser Oed. 1979 independent architect, office partners: 1985 Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, 1990 Marc Oei. Professor of Construction and Design at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, of Building Construction and Design at the University of Karlsruhe and Head of Institute for Public Building and Design at the University of Stuttgart.

Berlin Tegel TXL is an icon of modern architecture. With the striking hexagonal shape of the main terminal building and its concept of check-in counters right at each gate, Tegel has made air travel history. Berliners are passionately nostalgic about Tegel, since it served as the window to the wider world for the once-isolated West Berlin. At the same time, this airport represents the start of architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners’ (gmp) success story. Together with Klaus Nickels, the recently graduated Hamburg architects won the 1965 competition for building the new airport, which opened in 1974. This book celebrates TXL’s whole story and glory. Numerous historical and contemporary photos, together with plans and drawings from gmp’s archive show off Tegel’s vibrant color scheme, overall design, and structural details down to the check-in counters with their rounded edges. Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg provide a detailed account of this early commission, and the book includes an essay by Jürgen Tietz on the specific qualities of this unique air terminal and its historical significance. The first and definitive building monograph on Berlin’s iconic Tegel Airport shows this architectural icon in its original appearance, without later alterations and additions. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished images, TXL. Berlin Tegel Airport traces the history of Tegel’s construction and forty-five years of operations. 

The publications of the Stadtwandel Verlag are dedicated to the architecture of a place, its development and intention. They are illustrated with brilliant photos and concise and dense texts. The new architectural guides explain classical architecture and current projects in Germany. The concise texts supply also information on the architect, the construction and its utilization.

Bunt und solide, regional verhaftet und doch zeitlos. Der Ziegel besitzt viele Facetten. Seit seiner Jugend begeisterte sich der gebürtige Westfale Bernhard Winking, der in der Grafschaft Bentheim an der holländischen Grenze aufgewachsen ist, für die Schönheit des Ziegels. Immer wieder hat sich der renommierte Hamburger Architekt in seinen Bauten von der Faszination des Ziegels inspirieren lassen, von der Urtümlichkeit und Vielseitigkeit dieses 'ältesten Fertigbauteils der Architektur' (Godber Nissen). Keine Ziegelwand ist wie die andere, denn jeder Ziegel ist ein kleines Original. Zusammengefügt bilden sie wiederum ein großes Original - mal skulptural, mal sachlich, je nach Entwurf und Bauaufgabe. Das Bauen mit Ziegel hat in Nordeuropa eine lange Tradition, die auch mit der Moderne nicht abgebrochen ist. An diese Geschichte knüpfen die Bauten Winkings an und zeigen dabei jedes Mal eine ganz eigene, ganz individuelle Lösung, die auf den Charakter des Ortes und des Materials eingeht.

This series provides quick and sound knowledge on the most central cultural and historical topics with a chronological depiction of the most important topics. Includes timelines, illustrations and maps.