CENTRAL BERLIN. STRAUSBERGER PLATZ. DDR LIMITED

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ISBN 10: 3899555783 / ISBN 13: 9783899555783

Published by DIEGES, 2015

Seller Inventory # 9594cdff50b6f88979ef97c188d12b6e

Synopsis:

This illustrated book documents the aesthetic of the boulevard and the Strausberger Platz. It shows moreover how well contemporary lifestyles and designs can be integrated into the socialist classicist buildings whose exterior the Soviet expression "gingerbread style" only insufficiently describes. You can easily detect Bauhaus, Modernity, Manhattan and the (East) German interpretation of all those styles by the architects Henselmann and Paulick. The selection of pictures of the facade, reliefs, arcades and mosaic pictures confirm the diversity and value of the materials and construction, where antique and modern elements merge.

From the Back Cover: The distinctive life and style of East Berlin's grand former socialist boulevard, the Karl-Marx-Allee, and where it originates, the Strausberger Platz.
The Karl-Marx-Allee is East Berlin's former socialist grand boulevard. It is framed by striking seven to nine-story residential and office buildings that were built from 1952 and 1958 as part of the German Democratic Republic's most comprehensive urban architectural achievement of the postwar years. CENTRAL BERLIN, DDR limited documents the aesthetic of the boulevard and where it originates, the Strausberger Platz.
The book features a historic part that documents the Karl-Marx-Allee's changing landscape over the years and offers explanations. A highlight is its design chapter, which not only documents select furniture and lamps from this era, but also shows how well contemporary lifestyles and designs can be integrated into these socialist classicist buildings today.

Bibliographic Details

Title: CENTRAL BERLIN. STRAUSBERGER PLATZ. DDR ...
Publisher: DIEGES
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover