Sunday, November 18, 2007

BERLIN

Berlin, Germany (2006)

KAISER WILHELM MEMORIAL CHURCH
Built between 1891 and 1895. Destroyed during British RAF Bombing in 1943.


BRANDENBURG GATE
Commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II, and built between 1788 and 1791.


NEUE NATIONALGALERIE
Modern art museum. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, opened in 1968.


REICHSTAG
Opened in 1894. Burned down in 1933. Rebuilt between 1961 and 1964. Wrapped by Christo in 1995. Reconstructed between 1995 and 1999. Current home to German Parliament.


WRAPPED REICHSTAG (1995)
In 1995, Christo and Jean-Claude wrapped the Reichstag in 1,076,000 square feet of polypropylene fabric. The artists struggled for 24 years to gain approval for this project. The building remained wrapped for 14 days. For more information and additional photos, click here.

Photo credit: Wolfgang Volz. ©1995 Christo.

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