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Author Wise, Michael Z., 1957-

Title Capital dilemma : Germany's search for a new architecture of democracy / Michael Z. Wise
Edition First edition
Published New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [1998]
©1998

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  725.0943 Wis/Cdg  AVAILABLE
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.
Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany -- Berlin.
Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- 20th century.
National socialism and architecture -- Germany -- Berlin.
SUBJECT Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114411
LC no. 97045030
ISBN 1568981341
OTHER TI ProQuest Ebook Central