Following a decade-long process involving highly concentrated phases of research, planning and construction, the Berlin office of David Chipperfield has completed the restoration of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the last major work designed by Mies van der Rohe and opened in 1968. The striking building, with its immense steel roof seeming to float over a glass pavilion, was officially handed over to the client, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), today.
Upon accepting the commission in 2012, the British firm approached the task with profound appreciation for Mies’ architectural vision and a deep respect for the modern art museum’s seminal role in the post-war revival of West Berlin. “It is a master work by a master architect, created in a very heightened atmosphere of duty to the city and the country,” says Chipperfield.
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