New German Architecture

By Gerhard Feldmeyer

Book Overview

The reunification of Germany has propelled the country to the forefront of the European community, and has generated an immense amount of new building projects, bringing a new focus and clarity to German architecture. This lavishly illustrated volume presents a showcase of the latest and best of these works. The architects featured range from internationally known practitioners, such as Josef Paul Kleihues (Pre- and Early History Museum in Frankfurt), O. M. Ungers (Town Portal Buildings in Frankfurt, Baden Regional Library in Karlsruhe), Daniel Libeskind (Berlin Museum), Gottfried Bohm (Deutsche Bank in Luxembourg), and Gunter Behnisch (German Postal Museum and German Federal Bank, both in Frankfurt), to architects who have gained great renown within Germany to young and rising talents. The wide variety of projects presented includes Meinhard von Gerkan's Airport Terminal in Stuttgart and Elbschlucht Complex in Hamburg, Karljosef Schattner's varied projects in Eichstatt, and Christoph Langhof's Pressehaus in Berlin. The comprehensive essays examine Germany's architectural history and postwar urban planning, as well as the ramifications of reunification.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847816737
• ISBN13: 9780847816736
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Review of 52 projects of 24 architects

50 projects are dated 1980-92 and two are older. Hundreds of photos, plans, elevations, sections, hard line presentation drawings, etc. in beautiful colors or B & W on glossy paper, brief project descriptions. CONTENTS: Architects' Biographies 8 Preface 10 Introduction 17 From City Planning to Urban Design: Rebuilding Germany 1945-1992 32 THE ARCHITECTS Auer and Weber 54 Bangert and Scholz 60 Behnisch and Partner 66 Boge and Lindner 76 Gottiried Bohm 80 Andreas Brandt and Rudolph Boettcher 88 Eisele and Fritz 94 Meinhard von Gerkan 100 Thomas Herzog 112 Hilmer and Sattler 118 Jochem Jourdan and Bernhard Mueller 124 Kauffmann and Theilig 134 Uwe Kiessler 140 Josef Paul Kleihues 144 Hans Kollhoff 154 Rudiger Kramm 160 Christoph Langhof 170 Arno Lederer and Jorunn Ragnarsdottir 176 Daniel Libeskind 182 Karljosef Schattner 192 Axel Schultes 202 Otto Steidle 208 Otto Steidle and Uwe Kiessler 212 O. M. Ungers 216