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Zusatztext “The words ‘Reunification of Germany’ seem to indicate a singular event. In reality, it is hardly a done deal even today. Approaching the topic in a way that is both sensitive and provocative, Walker’s book, interblending history and criticism, helps us see how architecture operates within complex political, geo-political, and cultural environments.” Informationen zum Autor Julia Walker is Associate Professor of Art History at Binghamton University (SUNY) in Binghamton, New York. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary architecture, emphasizing the persistence and transformation of modernist ideas within contemporary practice—and the ways in which this modernist inheritance informs, inflects, and destabilizes claims to political meaning. Her current projects examine the underrepresentation of women in architectural practice and explore the history of architectural criticism as a genre. Klappentext For years following reunification, Berlin was the largest construction site in Europe, with striking new architecture proliferating throughout the city in the 1990s and early 2000s. Among the most visible and the most contested of the new projects were those designed for the national government and its related functions. Berlin Contemporary explores these buildings and plans, tracing their antecedents while also situating their iconic forms and influential designers within the spectacular world of global contemporary architecture. Close studies of these sites, including the Reichstag, the Chancellery, and the reconstruction of the Berlin Stadtschloss (now known as the Humboldt Forum), demonstrate the complexity of Berlin's political and architectural "rebuilding"-and reveal the intricate historical negotiations that architecture was summoned to perform. Vorwort Examines the architecture and urban planning of reunified Berlin, and reveals how its iconic new government structures embody the unsettled contradictions that animate global contemporary architecture culture. Zusammenfassung For years following reunification, Berlin was the largest construction site in Europe, with striking new architecture proliferating throughout the city in the 1990s and early 2000s. Among the most visible and the most contested of the new projects were those designed for the national government and its related functions. Berlin Contemporary explores these buildings and plans, tracing their antecedents while also situating their iconic forms and influential designers within the spectacular world of global contemporary architecture. Close studies of these sites, including the Reichstag, the Chancellery, and the reconstruction of the Berlin Stadtschloss (now known as the Humboldt Forum), demonstrate the complexity of Berlin’s political and architectural “rebuilding”—and reveal the intricate historical negotiations that architecture was summoned to perform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Berlin, the Contemporary Capital Chapter 1: Bridging and Breaking—Master Planning the Spreebogen Chapter 2: The Reichstag’s New Lightness of Being Chapter 3: Monumental Modernism—The Chancellery as Future Ruin Chapter 4: Palaces of Doubt Conclusion: No One Intends to Open an Airport...
