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Berlin
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Profiles
Konstantin Grcic Speculates on the Evolution of Design and Function
The German designer's latest exhibition New Normals presents a series of thought-provoking installations mounted at the Haus am Waldsee museum in Berlin.
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A New Exhibition in Berlin Explores the Human Side of Architecture
HWKN's Shape Tomorrow infuses buildings with personality and encourages audience feedback.
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Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie Reopens with an Alexander Calder Exhibition
After being closed for six and a half years for a renovation by David Chipperfield Architects, the Berlin museum reopened Sunday, August 22.
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Viewpoints
Five Projects Illustrate a Wood Building Renaissance in Berlin
In and around the German capital, timber-based projects are supplanting traditional concrete and stone construction as architects and their clients strive for cheaper, more sustainable buildings.
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Berlin’s Architectural Transition to Postmodernism Gets an Overdue Examination
The Berlinische Galerie's exhibition Anything Goes? recounts how a global, contradictory Postmodernism took root on both sides of the Berlin Wall in the 1980s.
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Projects
Some Place Studio Designs A Berlin Yoga Sanctuary for Right Now
The up-and-coming designers transformed an expansive traditional Hinterhof warehouse into a retreat with flow and personal space in mind.
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Profiles
Examining James Wines’s Humanistic Approach to Sustainability
A new exhibition at Berlin's Museum for Architectural Drawing presents dozens of the architect-artist's imaginative and often sarcastic drawings.
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OMA Doesn’t Mince Symbols at the New Axel Springer Campus
The complex’s new building makes a statement about the past of Berlin and the future of journalism.
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The Lighting at this Publisher’s HQ Was Designed for Easy Reading
Continuing our series on lighting strategies around the world, we look at how Berlin firm Kinzo's dramatic scheme for the offices of Suhrkamp Verlag serves an important purpose.
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A Cooperative House in Berlin Reflects Its Surroundings—Literally
Completed by local firm Sauerbruch Hutton, whose office is just steps away, Haus 6 is clad in silvery steel and is home to a group of 10 clients.
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Berlin’s Futurium Shines a Sophisticated Light into a Drab Corner of the City
Designed by young local firm Richter Musikowski, the museum seeks to contemplate and spark conversation about the nature of the future.
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New David Chipperfield–Designed Addition to Berlin’s Museum Island Set to Open
Wrapped with a stark minimalist colonnade, the James Simon Gallery blends a Modernist aesthetic into the storied Neoclassical architecture of Germany's national museum hub.
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Viewpoints
Inside Berlin’s Surprisingly Eccentric Modernist Subway Stations
An exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie highlights how politics and a handful of architects greatly shaped the German metropolis's subway system.
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Projects
Six Years in the Making, Berlin’s IBeB Cooperative Housing Development Creates a Tight-Knit Community of Residents
Recently shortlisted for the 2019 EU Mies Award, the 66-unit project's lengthy customization process and ample common spaces created a community from the ground-up.
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How a DIY Floating University in Berlin Could Be an Unorthodox Prototype for Design Education
The temporary pirate shiplike school, spearheaded by local firm Raumlabor, provided a delightful hodgepodge of serious academia and public programming.
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Projects
Don’t Call It A Commune: Inside Berlin’s Radical Cohousing Project
The architect-led, collectively funded R50 Baugruppen project in Berlin is a new model for housing.
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Viewpoints
OMA’s Reinier de Graaf on the Berlin Wall and Histories We Tell Ourselves
As the celebrations memorializing the fall of the Berlin Wall have quieted, we should reflect on the versions of history we tell ourselves.
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Viewpoints
Can This New Concept Mall Revive Interest in West Berlin?
The recently-opened complex combines fashion, high culture, and a resourceful spirit to reinvent the shopping experience.