Title & Author:

Berlin / edited by Alan Balfour.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; Berlin : Ernst & Sohn ; New York, NY : Distributed to the trade in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Description:

368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 32 cm.

Series:

World cities

Notes:
Includes some texts based on presentations delivered at the Academy International Forum "Berlin City of Competitions" in March 1994.
Includes some texts based on presentations delivered at the Academy International Forum "Berlin, City of Competitions" in March 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (page 368) and index.
Foreword / Alan Balfour -- Berlin Before 1939 / Alan Balfour -- Introduction / Helmut Geisert -- Deconstructing the Call to Order / Daniel Libeskind -- Berlin -- The Belated Capital / Axel Schultes -- Urban Design and Architecture After the Wall / Hans Stimmann -- Artless Berlin / Rudolf Stegers -- The Fever of the Architect / Christoph Langhof -- Berlin Desired / Alan Balfour -- Berlin Conformed / Alan Balfour -- Berlin Futures / Alan Balfour.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

A photographic essay chronicling the dramatic changes that the city has recently undergone. Historic perspective is given in a comprehensive essay and the mood of the city is captured by poetry. The work of architects such as Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, Aldo Rossi, OMA, and Jean Nouvel is included.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1854903748
9781854903747

Subject:

Architecture Germany Berlin History.
City planning Germany Berlin.
Architecture Allemagne Berlin Histoire.
Architecture.
City planning.
Bouwkunst.
Bouwprojecten.
Architecture Germany Berlin.
Architecture Germany Berlin History 20th century.
City planning Germany.
Architecture 1970-2000 Berlin (Allemagne)
Architecture Concours Berlin (Allemagne)
Urbanisme Berlin (Allemagne) 1970-2000.
Architecture Germany Berlin 20th century
Berlin (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Germany Berlin.
Berlin (Germany) City planning.
Berlin (Germany)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Balfour, Alan (Alan H.)
World cities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82615
Call No.: ID NA1085.B465; ID:95-B3007
Status: Available