Berlin : : Urban Architecture and Daily Life 2009–2022 / / ed. by Florian Heilmeyer, Sandra Hofmeister.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Harrap, Julian,; Heilmeyer, Florian,; Hofmeister, Sandra,; Hutton, Sauerbruch,; Jouhar, Jasmin,; Musikowski, Richter,
• HerausgeberIn: Heilmeyer, Florian,; Hofmeister, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: München : : DETAIL, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; numerous illustrations

The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and places characterising urban everyday life in the city are presented in texts, photographs and plans. The scope includes shiny new constructions such as the Futurium or the Park am Gleisdreieck. The editors focus on major architectural and urban planning milestones of the past 13 years such as the large new construction of the Axel Springer building by OMA or the Museumsinsel. Smaller discoveries such as the Grüne Haus by Simon + Brandt and hidden treasures such as the Wohnregal by FAR Frohn & Rojas in Wedding are also included. The documentation is based on about 30 selected architectural and landscape architectural projects. Interviews with protagonists of the architectural scene of Berlin allow an insider glimpse of architectural developments in the German capital.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Projects -- Berlin is a Constant Construction Site -- Culture and Education -- Introduction -- 1 Half Planned, Half Improvised Floating University -- 2 Shimmering Polygon for the Future Futurium -- 3 Repair and Respect Neues Museum -- Essay From Classicism to Contemporary -- 4 New Gateway to Museum Island James Simon Gallery -- 5 Please Move to Mitte Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts -- 6 Keep on the Grass Park am Gleisdreieck -- 7 The Wonderful Lightness of Timber Construction Berlin Metropolitan School -- Interview Matthias Sauerbruch: Experiments, Niches, and Urban Qualities -- 8 Clever Folds Arndt-Gymnasium -- 9 Cube of Light State Library Unter den Linden -- 10 Reusing a Crematorium silent green Kulturquartier -- Living -- Introduction -- 11 Living on a Prefab Shelf Wohnregal -- 12 Lively Urban Mix IBeB Integrative Building Project -- 13 Show Your Colors Am Lokdepot -- Essay Berlin Building Groups: The City for Personal Use -- 14 Liberated Layout Ausbauhaus Neukölln -- 15 Big in Berlin Building Group Project BIGyard -- 16 Living in a Bottle Factory Glashütte Alt-Stralau -- 17 Cooperative Living at a Cemetery Walden 48 -- Interview Tanja Lincke: Centrifugal City -- 18 Garden Ruins with Stilt House Home on the Spree -- 19 Black Diamond in a Lush Garden House L -- 20 A Green Oasis Single-Family Home -- Essay Giants of the 1970s -- Work -- Introduction -- 21 Living Facades taz Publishing House -- 22 A Spectacular Cleft Axel Springer Publishing House -- 23 An Open Hinge to the City Suhrkamp Publishing House -- Essay Airports and Train Stations: Re-Sorted and Re-Used -- 24 Timber Revolution in Disguise Luisenblock West -- 25 Industrial Charm The Box -- 26 Dressed in Lightweight Concrete Office and Studio Building Ritterstrasse 8 -- 27 New Work, Old Neighborhood Office Expansion -- Interview David Chipperfield: In Dialogue with History -- 28 Smart Update Tierpark Berlin Administration Building -- 29 Logic of Indeterminacy Lobe Block Terrace House -- 30 Canyons for More Light Up! Berlin -- Appendix -- Architects -- Imprint & Image Credits