In 2007 the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Hamburg – a real-time urban research and development laboratory – began to shine its spotlight on the city’s Wilhelmsburg district, the world’s largest inhabited river island outside Manhattan.
IBA Hamburg follows the unmitigated, mixed-used triumph of Hamburg’s HafenCity. Ten years ago HafenCity was an abandoned port and industrial center, wasting away on the Elbe River. Now it’s a bustling nexus for jobs, homes and leisure activities, punctuated with landmark designs by Herzog & de Meuron, Behnisch Architects and Richard Meier & Partners, among others.
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