4. Built toward the growing industrial industry, the building gives “architectural dignity” to a workplace by adding a monumental glass and iron frame over the building with the help of trusses.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/AEG_by_Peter_Behrens.jpg/800px-AEG_by_Peter_Behrens.jpg
7. Einsteinturm Erich Mendelsohn - 1919 1919 Tower is the main example for architectural expressionism with its fluid and progressive form that connected science and art Comes from the “mystique around Einstein’s universe” – Erich Mendelsohn Einstein was not impressed Used as a solar observatory until WWII to support/refute Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity http://www.aip.de/image_archive/images/einsteinturm_7443_xl.jpg
8. Kunstgewerbemuseum One site is at KulturforumPotsdamerPlatz, designed by Rolf Gutbrod and built up in the 1980’s The other site is at Köpenick Palace, which was built between 1677 and 1689 in Baroque style Art from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo styles are displayed here http://www.berlin.de/orte/museum/kunstgewerbemuseum/11_Kunstgewerbemuseum_360_270.jpg
22. NeueNationalgalerie(New National Gallery) Architect Mies van derRohe and it was opened in 1968 The NeueNationalgalerie was opened in 1968 as the counterpart to the Nationalgalerie located on the Museumsinsel Berlin (Museums Island Berlin) in the eastern part of the city. As part of the Reunification, a collection of 20th century art is now located in the spectacular building
23. New National Gallery the NeueNationalgalerie is considered one of the foremost examples of modernist structural abstraction. Considered one of the most perfect statements of his architectural approach, the upper pavilion is a precise composition of monumental steel columns and a cantilevered (overhanging) roof plane with a glass enclosure. The simple square glass pavilion is a powerful expression of his ideas about flexible interior space, defined by transparent walls and supported by an external structural frame. The glass pavilion is a relatively small portion of the overall building, serving as a symbolic architectural entry point and monumental gallery for larger scale art. A large podium building below the pavilion accommodates most of the buildings actual built area in more functional spaces for galleries, support and utilitarian rooms.
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26. The giant, twelve-story apartment block for 1.600 people is the late modern counterpart of the mass housing schemes of the 1920s, similarly built to alleviate a severe postwar housing shortage.
27. The Marseille unitéd'habitation brings together Le Corbusier's vision for communal living with the needs and realities of post-war France. Up to 1600 people live in a single-slab 'vertical village', complete with an internal shopping street halfway up, a recreation ground and children's' nursery on the roof, and a generous surrounding area of park land made possible by the density of the accommodation in the slab itself
33. PotsdamerPlatz This is a glass dome above the common grounds of the sony center It is 100m across and is very tall
34. Galeries Lafayette This shopping center is made of glass and is a spectacle to see This is among the fanciest shopping street in Berlin, fitting in with many modern buildings
35. Sony Center The Sony center that has housing for the DB bank It is a 26 story building with the exterior covered in glass
37. Berlin Hauptbanhof Main Train station of Berlin Main railway station in Berlin Europe's largest two-level railway Located on Historic LehrterBahnhof Opened in 2006 Designed by Gerken, Marg and Partners
38. Bundeskanzleramt Home to the Executive Branch of the German Government and its Chancellor Designed by Wayss and Freytag Completed in 2001
39. Reichstag Dome and Building Designed by Norman Foster Completed in 1999 Provides a 360 degree view of Berlin Cityscape