Rebuilding the Reichstag,9780879517151

Rebuilding the Reichstag

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ISBN13: 9780879517151
ISBN10: 0879517158
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Overlook Pr
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Summary

Recounts the history of the Reichstag building in Berlin, describes its original appearance, and discusses its meaning in German history and its restoration in the 1990s.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Wolfgang Thierse 7(1)
Rita Sussmuth 8(4)
Preface 12(2)
Norman Foster
Introduction The Reichstag as World Stage 14(22)
Norman Foster
The Rise and Fall of the Reichstag
36(24)
Martin Pawley
Architecture and History
60(70)
Norman Foster
The Marks of History
116(14)
Helmut Engel
Architecture and Democracy
130(46)
Norman Foster
When Democracy Builds
164(12)
Peter Buchanan
Architecture and Ecology
176(32)
Norman Foster
Mythos Reichstag
192(16)
Frederick Baker
Architecture and Art
208(36)
Norman Foster
The Reichstag: Metamorphosis
232(12)
Wilhelm Vossenkuhl
Postscript 244(4)
Norman Foster
Reichstag chronology 248(4)
Credits 252(2)
Index 254

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