Berlin

Le Corbusier’s interior realised by Philipp Mohr at Unité d’Habitation in Berlin

June 18, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

The interior of an apartment in Berlin’s Unité d’Habitation has been refurbished by German-American architect Philipp Mohr to Le Corbusier’s original plans. Mohr, who had been a fan of the influential architect since he attended a retrospective exhibition as a teenager in the 1980s, purchased the apartment in 2016 with the intention of refurbishing and selling it. When

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Frank Gehry’s plans for Berlin’s tallest skyscraper put on hold

May 3, 2018 India Block 0

Plans for a 150-metre-tall skyscraper in Berlin designed by Frank Gehry have been put on hold due to safety issues with subway stations below the site. Gehry Partners won a competition in 2014 to design the Hines-Hochhaus tower for international real-estate firm Hines. It was expected to become the tallest building in the German city. But

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Julian Rosefeldt celebrates “anti-architecture” in new movie Manifesto

November 28, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt transforms German industrial landmarks into “alienated places” for his latest film, which sees actor Cate Blanchett take on 13 personas while reciting art declarations. Rosenfeldt, a German artist and former architect, first presented Manifesto in 2015 as a multi-screen gallery installation. He has now expanded the project into a film, which was shot almost exclusively in

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Julian Rosefeldt celebrates “anti-architecture” in new movie Manifesto

November 28, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt transforms German industrial landmarks into “alienated places” for his latest film, which sees actor Cate Blanchett take on 13 personas while reciting art declarations. Rosenfeldt, a German artist and former architect, first presented Manifesto in 2015 as a multi-screen gallery installation. He has now expanded the project into a film, which was shot almost exclusively in

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Feilden Clegg Bradley helps Bryan Adams create artist ateliers in refurbished Berlin factory

November 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

British firm Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has worked with musician Bryan Adams to transform a disused factory in southeast Berlin into a mixed-use complex containing a cluster of creative studios. The Spreehalle building is located in Berlin’s Treptow-Kopernick district on the banks of the river Spree. It was originally constructed in 1910 and is part of

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Büros für Konstruktivismus turns a chicken coop in Berlin into an artist’s studio

September 25, 2017 India Block 0

Berlin-based practice Büros für Konstruktivismus has transformed a former chicken house in the back garden of a 1930s home into a pine-lined artist’s studio. The project is named Hühnerhaus, the German word for henhouse. The coop was originally constructed just after second world war in the grounds of a Berlin villa, but after its renovation the owner now uses

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India Mahdavi references Bauhaus geometry with patterned interior for Berlin’s KaDaWe

April 27, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

French architect India Mahdavi has used different shades of quartz to create bold, geometric floor patterns in the womenswear section of historic Berlin department store KaDaWe. Mahdavi wanted to celebrate the cultural history of the German city with her design for KaDaWe, short for Kaufhaus des Westens, which has been open in Berlin since 1907. She chose to borrow from the geometric style of the Bauhaus

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India Mahdavi references Bauhaus geometry with patterned interior for Berlin’s KaDaWe

April 27, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

French architect India Mahdavi has used different shades of quartz to create bold, geometric floor patterns in the womenswear section of historic Berlin department store KaDaWe. Mahdavi wanted to celebrate the cultural history of the German city with her design for KaDaWe, short for Kaufhaus des Westens, which has been open in Berlin since 1907. She chose to borrow from the geometric style of the Bauhaus

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