Product Description: How can "Nordic Modernism" be defined? Did German city planners look to the North for inspiration after the Second World War? In what way did their social model affect architecture and city planning in the Nordic countries? What specific features characterize architecture and town planning in the Nordic countries compared with postwar Germany? The fiftieth anniversary of Interbau 1957 presented a timely opportunity to reappraise the Hansaviertel in Berlin and the entire New Building movement...read more

Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in which architectural projects and representations in literature, photography, and film played a key role in establishing the terms under which contemporaries made sense of the rise of white-collar society.

Product Description: Over the past two decades Moore Ruble Yudell has made several important contributions to Berlin such as the competition winning master plan for Tegel harbour Karow Nord & other major housing & mixed-use projects. In 1996 chosen as architects for the new United States Embassy. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This profile of Berlin features a photographic essay chronicling the dramatic changes that the city has undergone recently, as well as giving an historical perspective and including highlights from the symposium 'Berlin, City of Competitions' held at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1994...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)