Capital dilemma : Germany's search for a new architecture of democracy / Michael Z. Wise.

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Wise, Michael Z., 1957-

Title & Author:

Capital dilemma : Germany's search for a new architecture of democracy / Michael Z. Wise.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

190 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.
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.
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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.

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ISBN:

1568981341
9781568981345

Subject:

BMBF-Statusseminar
Architecture and state Germany Berlin.
National socialism and architecture Germany Berlin.
Architecture Germany Berlin History 20th century.
Architecture and state.
National socialism and architecture.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale.
Nazisme et architecture.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Allemagne Berlin.
Nazisme et architecture Allemagne Berlin.
Architecture Allemagne Berlin Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Hauptstadt
Regierungsgebäude
Städtebau
Nationalsozialismus
Overheidsgebouwen.
Beleid.
Architecture and state Germany 20th century.
Berlin (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Berlin (Allemagne) Constructions.
Germany Berlin
Berlin
Geschichte 1900-1998
Deutschland

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History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179949
Call No.: ID NA1085.W58; ID:98-B475
Status: Available

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