THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEMOCRACY Federal Buildings 1990-2010

Description

Since the reunification ofGermany, the federal government has erected scores of groundbreaking buildings for legislative bodies, technology and science, or defense, as well as museums and other cultural institutions.

This book presents the extraordinary quality of the many different types of structures funded by the federal government and other (co)sponsors. Extensive texts and photos document the approximately eighty buildings, which, since reunification, have either been constructed or completely renovated in Berlin , the individual states, and abroad. Essays by renowned architectural critics and interviews with architects supplement this comprehensive, representative assessment of public architecture since 1990.

Edited by Bundesministerium für Verkehr-, Bau- und Stadtentwicklung, texts by Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, Michael Mönninger, Wolfgang Pehnt, Christian Welzbacher, Gerwin Zohlen u.a., interviews with Ivan Reimann and Gabriele Glöckler by Olaf Asendorf, Martin Seidel

444 pages, 485 ills., 448 in color, 37 in duotone, 119 plans and drawings / 24.7 x 29.5 cm / English