In 1987 Berlin as a whole became a laboratory for architecture. A wide range of notable
buildings with a unique density was created in the East and the West in connection with the
city's 750th anniversary. While the buildings were vilified at the time they now appear as
important witnesses to a postmodern era of building which called the traditional architecture
of the modern living environment into question. Today the buildings have disappeared been
modified or are threatened with demolition. For the first time the exhibition and publication
examine the significance of the architectural visions developed in East and West Berlin in the
final decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall.ArchitectsHinrich and Inken Baller Christian
Enzmann and Bernd Ettel John Hejduk with Moritz Müller Josef Paul Kleihues Michael Kny and
Thomas Weber Hans Kollhoff Dorothea Krause Rob Krier Peter Meyer Frei Otto with Hermann
Kendel Martin Küenzlen and Günther Ludewig Manfred Prasser Günter Stahn Helmut Stingl
James Stirling and Michael Wilford Peter Stürzebecher Kjell Nylund and Christof Puttfarken
Oswald Mathias Ungers Solweig Steller-Wendland and many more
