Steidle + Partner, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven

By Gert Kahler

The new building for the Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar und Meeresforschung, named after Alfred Wegener, the famous geo-scientific pioneer, is near the city centre by the commercial harbor, not far from warehouses and other industrial buildings. What is striking is the unusual facade: a pattern is made with glazed tiles in white, grey and black, seeming more regular than it actually is. The architects--pictorially speaking--have set up poles at the corners of the plot and stretched fabric between them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3932565606
• ISBN13: 9783932565601
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Axel Menges
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.4" x 12.1"