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Article: GEHRY'S GEODE.(DG Bank headquarters in Berlin)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 2001
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The new DG Bank headquarters in Berlin forms part of the wider and ongoing reconstruction of Pariser Platz - but its urban sobriety hides a rich inner life, animated by the interplay of light, form and materials.
Immediately behind the Brandenburg Gate lies Pariser Platz (AR January 1999), the great urban piazza that terminates the triumphal axis of Unter den Linden. Before the War, it was the grandest square in Berlin, site of the American and French embassies, the Adlon Hotel, the Akademie der Kunste and blocks of luxurious flats and offices. After the War and the Wall, it was laid waste and became part of Berlin's deadly no-man's land. Since German ...