John Pardey reflects on Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie (1968) in Berlin – a temple to glass and steel that was the German architect's realisation of 'universal space' and his swan song.
London-based practice O’Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects has drawn inspiration from Charles Moore’s aedicular houses built in California in the early sixties to design a house on the edge of Gruneswald Forest outside Berlin.
Tomáš Jurdák has a special relationship with Kreuzberg, Berlin. Its youthful population has created an eclectic mixture of communities that retain the old and embrace the new.
OMA has completed the first phase of its overhaul of Berlin department store KaDeWe, which sees wood-clad escalators criss-cross through concentric circular voids to connect shop floors.
Reflecting the elusive, off-beat character of her architectural work, Alison Smithson (1928-2003) wrote one of our most memorable My Kind of Town columns in May 1980.
Berlin is a place for all ages, writes Anupama Kundoo, where people are an integral part of urban life; one that continues to renew itself with youthful energy, and allows young people to develop a strong civic sense.
Berlin is a living laboratory that continues to be a source of consternation, fascination and joy, writes Matthew Gandy.
Peter Bishop discusses the reinvigoration of Prenzlauer Berg with the fall of the Wall, and what London could learn from Berlin's investment in housing and public spaces.
Róisín Heneghan and Shih-Fu Peng won the international competition for The Grand Egyptian Museum in 2003 against 1557 entries, with a practice of four. They turned to Snøhetta's Craig Dykers and Nick Schumann for advice, and describe how the practice has changed since.
Jennifer O'Donnell from plattenbaustudio speaks to AT about their practice: from drawing 'as a means of transmission', to how Berlin made them stay and why Dublin keeps calling them back.
