Berlin

In the heart of Berlin resides an architectural metaphor of invisibility, emptiness, and anarchy forged by the Second World War upon the Jewish citizens. The expansion of the original Jewish museum, which was first organized as an anonymous competition by the Berlin government, was proposed as a means of bringing back Jewish presence, retracing their culture and religion into the German city. Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, who was chosen to develop the project, used architecture as a form of expression, and created a museum that narrates the Jewish civilization before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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• Architects

  Hans Scharoun

• Location

  Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany

• Category

  amphitheater

• Architect

  Hans Scharoun

• References

  greatbuildings.com, wikiarquitectura.com

• Project Year

  1963

• Photographs

  Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

MiniLook Berlin from Okapi on Vimeo.

When we get wrapped up in everyday life, it can be easy to take the place we live for granted. In the MiniLook Berlin video, Okapi Creative Studio takes a step back to show the beauty of daily life in the city of Berlin via a stop-motion, tilt-shift technique that makes the city appear as if in miniature. The video highlights everyday street scenes and picturesque shots of nature, while some famous buildings make appearances as well.

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• Architects

  Tchoban Voss Architekten

• Location

  Boxhagener Str. 79-82, 10245 Berlin, Germany

• Category

  Offices

• Lead Architect

  Sergei Tchoban

• Project Partner and Leader

  Stephan Lohre

• Team

  Anja Schroth, Katharina Stranz, Katja Redmann, Virginie Mommens

• Area

  20991.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Roland Halbe

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• Architects

  Brandlhuber, Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet

• Location

  Berlin, Germany

• Category

  Gallery

• Design Team

  Luise Angelmaier, Sarina Arnold, Pierre Alexandre Bardat, Tünde Bognar, Romina Falk, Ilaria Giacomini, Tobias Hönig, Korbinian Luderböck, Callum McGregor, Martha Michalski, Birgit Müller, Alexine Sammut, Eva Sievert Asmussen, Markus Rampl, Christian Rapp, Javiera Sanhueza, Naomi Steinhagen, Tareq Tamimi, Eugenio Thiella, Duy An Tran, Jacopo Vantini, Lukas Vögel, Marco Wagner, Wolfram Winter, Ksenija Zdesar, Natalia Zhukova

• Area

  3396.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Erica Overmeer

Danish architecture firm ADEPT has been announced the winner of a competition to redevelop Berlin's Marinehaus as part of the city's Stadtmuseum group. This iteration of the competition was launched in 2018 (following a similar competition ten years ago) and will rehabilitate the Marinehaus for public use after nearly 20 years of closure.

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• Architects

  Batek Architekten

• Location

  Berlin, Germany

• Category

  Store

• Lead Architects

  Patrick Batek, Karen Kröger

• Area

  130.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Marcus Wend

Swiss practice Herzog & de Meuron have released revised plans for the Museum of the 20th Century project in Berlin's Cultural Forum. Designed to house the extensive National Gallery on 20th century art collection, the project was made in partnership with the Berlin State Museums and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Herzog & de Meuron originally won the competition to design the museum building in 2016, and the revised design features new plans and a facade that opens the building to the outside.

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• Architects

  rundzwei Architekten

• Location

  Berlin, Germany

• Category

  Houses

• Project Team

  Luca Di Carlo, Ana Domenti, Marc Dufour-Feronce, Andreas Reeg

• Area

  320.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Gui Rebolo

This article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine as "How a DIY Floating Universiity in Berlin Could Be An Unorthodox Prototype for Design Education."

On the north side of Tempelhofer Feld, an airport-turned-park in southern Berlin, lays a large ditch. Surrounded by lots and bungalows and noticeable only to those in the know, this 19th century basin holds rainwater drained from the airport’s defunct runways before it is fed into Berlin’s canal network.

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In the next chapter of his ongoing Urban Geometry project, self-taught Spanish photographer Andres Gallardo captures the elements of color, form, and materiality of post-war architecture in Berlin. This photo series, with installments featuring the modern marvels of Beijing, Seoul, Copenhagen, and Tallinn, among other cities, has become representative of Gallardo's personal growth from his humble start in his career as a professional photographer.

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