This work by the famous german artist Käthe Kollwitz is places inside the Neue Wache (New Guardhouse), a neoclassical building inspired by the Roman Pantheon. The Neue Wache was dedicated to the Unknown Soldier of the World Wars since 1931, more than 100 years after its construction. The hole in the roof is open, it doesn’t […]
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MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF EUROPE (OR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL), PETER EISENMAN, 2005
The monument for the Holocaust was inaugurated in 2005, much later than the finish of the World War II, and it was designed by the architect Peter Eisenman. As Wikipedia reports, it consists of a 19,000 m2 site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or “stelae”, arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m long, 0.95 m […]
THE REICHSTAG DOME
Today we speak about the architecture of the Reichstag Dome, the glass cupola above the building that hosts the German parliament. From the dome, accessible to the public with a reservation, the whole cityscape can be seen at 360 degrees. The debating chamber of the Bundestag, the German parliament, can be seen below it. It was designed by architect Norman Foster and […]