Carlo Scarpa began to come into national prominence with several designs for exhibitions. The first were in Venice: »Paul Klee« (1948) for the 1949 Biennale, »Giovanni Bellini« (1949) at the Palazzo Ducale, »Toulouse Lautrec« (1952) at...

Paris in the summer of 1937. A giant funeral procession wends its way from the city center eastward toward the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, accompanied by the sounds of Chopin's funeral march. The photojournalist Gerda Taro had been killed in...

Cities, estates and routing systems develop, change constantly and fundamentally cannot be planned. Claims to ownership, land and building regulations, planning decisions and political interventions make it difficult for settlement...

Architekturführer Rom von Grundmann, Stefan

The island of Lanzarote has become one of the favourite tourism destinations in the Canary Islands over the last few decades. However, our interest is more one of artistic than of touristic discovery, and this would be virtually...

When the small farmstead in the south-western corner of Sanssouci park came up for sale in 1825, Hofmarschall von Maltzahn wrote to the King of Prussia to say that the grounds of Sanssouci would be much improved by the addition of this...

In recent decades, Carlo Scarpa's relevance has been steadily on the rise. At a time when architects have to use existing city and building structures as a point of departure for their work, his oeuvre remains a source of inspiration....

The Königstein Fortress, located not far from Dres-den on a rocky plateau high above the Elbe River, is considered one of the most interesting and best preserved fortifications in Europe. It has a long eventful history dating back to the...

Universitätsneubauten galten von den 1960er bis zu den 1980er Jahren in Deutschland als regelrechte Vorzeigeprojekte. Mit ihrer Hilfe sollte es gelingen, nach den gravierenden Zerstörungen des Zweiten Weltkriegs wieder Anschluß an das...

»If someone asked me: what is the film about, I would have to say: It is really about the essence of human life! I find it incredibly beautiful! It is really a moving experience ... I think it is obviously art built and master full ...«...

Seit jenseits der Zeit erkunden Regenbogen-Blitze das All, hüpfen von Stern zu Stern und formen wie dort auch auf unserem Planeten Lichtwesen und Kristalle aus Licht. Sie sprudeln, flammen, züngeln, blitzen auf, weben ein Netz aus Licht,...

An ode to light sings the way of the wandering light, which comes from the universe and is born from the union of night and light. Wandering, it lingers for a short time in each place it visits, wandering around it, going from door to...