Tag: architecture
Laying the foundation stone for “Berlin Modern”: Museum without properties – culture
From Jörg Häntzschel Another big show is planned in Berlin on Friday. With drumming, the foundation stone of the “Berlin Modern” museum is lifted by a crane into the huge…
Pinakothek der Moderne shows eccentrics and new things by Matthew Barney. – Munich
Around 1,000 trucks with equipment rolled into Las Vegas. About the same number of private planes are expected. And all because of the Super Bowl on February 11th as a…
On the death of the architect Peter Kulka: The pendulum existentialist
Dresden and Cologne, east and west, baroque surroundings and modern minimalism: the architect Peter Kulka has connected opposing worlds. He has now died at the age of 86. source site
Classical music: Composer Glanert: Opera is like complicated architecture
Classical music Composer Glanert: Opera is like complicated architecture The German composer Detlev Glanert will be releasing his twelfth opera, “The Jewess of Toledo,” at the Semperoper in Dresden in…
Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Nuremberg presents renovation plans – Culture
The Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg is the largest cultural history museum in the German-speaking region. Around 400,000 people visit it every year. There are 1.4 million works in its…
Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Nuremberg presents renovation plans – Culture
The Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg is the largest cultural history museum in the German-speaking region. Around 400,000 people visit it every year. There are 1.4 million works in its…
Architecture: Hard stuff
Concrete is considered a climate killer. This panics the cement industry – and makes it inventive. source site
Cost explosion at Deutschlandradio: Shaking tower
The renovation of the Cologne radio station will be 100 million more expensive. The increase in costs is not an isolated case. source site
Cologne Furniture Fair: Now things are getting cozy – culture
The “Echo” side table, which the company Cor Sitz Möbel Helmut Lübke GmbH & Co. KG, based in East Westphalia, is presenting at the current Cologne furniture fair, is the…
Notre-Dame de Paris celebrates its topping-out ceremony, just five years after the major fire – culture
There is a crisis almost everywhere – and good news is as rare as construction projects that don’t turn into scandals. So here’s finally some happy news in dark times:…