BOOKS
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani (edit.), Volker Fischer, Anna Meseure, Michael Mönninger, e.a.
Berlin Tomorrow: International Architectural Visions.
London, Academy Editions / Wiley, 1991.
€ 12.00
Softcover, 98pp., 22.5x28cm., richly illustr. in colour and b/w., in good to very good condition (covers with light traces of use, inside very good). ISBN: 9781854901040. "Architectural Design Profile, no. 93".
Berlin Tomorrow: International Architectural Visions presents proposals by seventeen international architects for the future development of Berlin, a city whose urban structure and identity were profoundly shaped by its turbulent political history and division during the Cold War. The projects were exhibited at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt and are introduced and discussed by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani. Contributors include Aldo Rossi, John Hejduk, Jean Nouvel, Vittorio Gregotti, Bernard Tschumi, Oswald Mathias Ungers, Coop Himmelb(l)au and Zaha Hadid. Rather than ranking the schemes according to feasibility, the publication presents them as diverse and sometimes contradictory contributions to the debate on Berlin's urban future. Historical and architectural essays explain the city's development and the context of the exhibition. The volume is a valuable document of international architectural thinking at the beginning of the 1990s, during the period of German reunification. (AI-generated content description)






