Auch sanierte Altbauten geben Impulse und stellen einen Bestandteil zeitgenössischer Architektur dar. Das in diesem Band vorgestellte Ensemble wurde um die Jahrhundertwende von August Endell und Kurt Berndt geplant und diente nach umfassender Wiederherstellung durch das Büro Fabrik N° 40 Weiß & Faust vor allem als städtebauliches Vorbild für das Quartier Neuer Hackescher Markt.
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.
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.
The German Historical Museum (GHM) is located in two distinct buildings that create a captivating dialogue between various architectural styles in Berlin. At the beginning of Unter den Linden boulevard stands the Baroque Zeughaus (arsenal), which has housed the Museum of German History since 2005. Behind it is a modern exhibition hall designed by renowned architect Ieoh Ming Pei, showcasing numerous special exhibitions. The Zeughaus, with its delicate pink façade and intricate sculptures, is one of the few remaining Baroque structures in central Berlin, reflecting the grandeur of the architecture that once adorned the residence of Prussian electors and kings. Originally serving as a weather-resistant storage for military equipment, it also conveyed the image of Friedrich I, the first King of Prussia, as a Baroque ruler during the age of absolutism. This image is evident in the building's architecture and its prestigious location near the royal Hohenzollern palace, which was destroyed after World War II by the East German government. Today, little remains of the original Baroque design or the extensive 19th-century alterations, most of which were lost in the war. The interior was rebuilt post-1945, and the exterior restored, with the building serving as East Berlin’s Museum of German History from 1952. The spatial structure established during that time has been preserved in the recent renovation by Winfried Brenne Architekten
Voßstraße, located north of Leipziger Platz, connects Wilhelmstraße to Ebertstraße and the Beisheim Center near Potsdamer Platz. Developed in 1872, it is named after Count von Voß-Buch, an infantry general who resided in a villa on the site and permitted part of his grounds to be used for this connection. At the time, the city aimed to link to the burgeoning urban life around the Potsdam Railroad Station, which opened in 1838. Voßstraße also delineates the quiet suburban area of the district, settled in the eighteenth century and previously used for agriculture until the city wall's demolition in 1865. While Potsdamer Platz became a major traffic junction, Leipziger Platz emerged as a desirable residential area for wealthy industrialists, nobility, and high-ranking civil servants, transforming the rural landscape into a posh quarter filled with villas and townhouses. At 16 Voßstraße, Jewish banker Friedrich Meyer owned an elegant palatial home in the Italian Renaissance style, which served as both his family residence and his bank's offices. After his death, a cousin took over the business, while his son Richard, a philologist, established a popular salon that attracted intellectuals, artists, industrialists, and bankers for lively discussions.
“Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”), declared John F. Kennedy in front of the city hall in Schöneberg amidst the cheers of hundreds of thousands of West Berliners. The American President’s visit on 26 June 1963 was received as a declaration of unflinching support for the freedom of the western half of the city, an area that had been surrounded by the Wall for two years. That morning, Kennedy had landed at Tegel Airport and toured the city of Berlin, visiting Checkpoint Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate. Following his now famous speech, the President’s next stop was the Free University (Freie Universität) in the district of Dahlem in the afternoon, where at a ceremony outside the Henry Ford Building he was awarded an honorary university fellowship, the highest distinction conferred. Kennedy’s trip to Dahlem and his speech to around 12,000 students were political gestures, for the Free University was regarded as a symbol of the struggle against socialist indoctrination and had been founded largely with American aid. This particular part of the university also existed thanks to American sponsors: the Henry Ford Building, the main building of the Free University, was financed by donations from the Ford Foundation in America and constructed between 1952 and 1954 according to designs by Berlin architects Franz Heinrich Sobotka and Gustav Müller.
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.