Berlin’s Architectural Wasteland (via Berlin’s Architectural Wasteland)
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Berlin’s Architectural Wasteland (via Berlin’s Architectural Wasteland)
Luxury Project Suspended: Protests in Berlin Save the Wall for Now (via Luxury Project Suspended: Protests in Berlin Save the Wall for Now)
1 Bligh Street wins the The International Highrise Award 2012 (via 1 Bligh Street wins the The International Highrise Award 2012)
Monument to freedom and unity in Leipzig / Germany by Mateo Arquitectura (via Monument to freedom and unity in Leipzig / Germany by Mateo Arquitectura)
Historians, architects, archaeologists and volunteers in Germany are teaming up to build a medieval monastery the old-fashioned way. Working conditions will be strictly 9th-century, without machines, rain jackets or even coffee. It will take decades, but they hope to garner fresh insights into everyday life in the 800s. (via Building a Monastery the Medieval Way)
The tiny village of Feldheim, some 60 kilometers southwest of Berlin, was catapulted by chance to the forefront of the renewable energy movement. Now visitors from around the world are flocking to this otherwise unremarkable rural community to see if they can replicate its success. (via German Village Becomes Model for Renewable Energy)
Hamburg city is suing the firm building its landmark new concert hall for going tens of millions of euros over-budget and being at least four years late. (via Hamburg sues over Herzog & de Meuron’s pricey, late concert hall)