Description |
190 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Bonn: Capital of Self-Effacement -- East Berlin: Communism Pursues Grandeur -- Master Plan for a Government District -- Choosing a Chancellery -- Presidential Office: Glittering Jewel or Dark Fortress? -- Nazism's Architectural Remnants -- Communist Relics -- Norman Foster's Reichstag: Illuminating Shadows of the Past -- I. M. Pei and a Prussian Inheritance -- Monuments to Victims, Not Heroes -- Hesitation by Design |
Summary |
"Capital Dilemma investigates the political decisions and historical events behind the redesign of Berlin's governmental architecture by weaving a complex and exciting drama of politics, memory, and cultural values in which Helmut Kohl, Albert Speer, Sir Norman Foster, and I. M. Pei all figure as players."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-175) and index |
Subject |
Architecture and state -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- 20th century.
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National socialism and architecture -- Germany -- Berlin.
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SUBJECT |
Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114411
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LC no. |
97045030 |
ISBN |
1568981341 |
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