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Libeskind’s Museum of Military History Opens in Dresden

Michael Dumiak
October 20, 2011
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The architect splits open a neoclassical building—and the exhibitions inside—with a dramatic, v-shaped shard. Photo © Bitter Bredt Libeskind’s five-story addition slices through the 1873 arsenal that houses the museum. Studio Daniel Libeskind’s new home for the Museum of Military History in Dresden, Germany, opened to the public on Saturday. Set in the middle of a sprawling decommissioned military complex north of the city’s historic center, the museum is housed in a former arsenal building, which Libeskind has renovated and expanded with a v-shaped shard that rises 100 feet above grade. The glass, concrete, and steel triangle cants up and
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Albrechtsburg Meissen

Time Warp: A polished installation reflects past and present within the soaring, richly decorated Albrechtsburg castle of Meissen, Germany, using aluminum, glass, mirrors and sound.
Michael Dumiak
October 16, 2011
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One look lengthwise in a sun-speckled upper room is all it takes to see a spectrum of ideas at play in Gerhards & Gl'cker's exhibit pieces for the Saxon castle of Albrechtsburg, in eastern Germany.


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National Center for Tumor Diseases

Across the Neckar River from Heidelberg's medieval heart, cancer researchers and patients come together in a contemporary environment.
Michael Dumiak
August 16, 2011
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In a sunlit lab filled with genotyping equipment, Dr. Christof von Kalle and colleagues at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) plumb the secrets of cellular mechanisms that create cancers.


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Chapel of the Evangelical Academy

gmp pares the Chapel of the Evangelical Academy to its luminous core in Hofgeismar, Germany.
Michael Dumiak
August 19, 2009
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With nine offices in Germany and abroad, von Gerkan Marg und Partners (gmp) is known for such major architectural works as the Berlin Central Station (2006) and numerous other buildings and developments throughout Europe, Asia, and South Africa.


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von Gerkan, Marg und Partners (gmp) Chapel of the Evangelical Academy Lighting Projects

Michael Dumiak
August 19, 2009
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Project Specs Chapel of the Evangelical Academy Hofgeismar, Germany King & Miranda Design << Return to article the People Architect gmp – von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects Elbchaussee 139 22763 Hamburg T: +49.40.88 151 0 F: +49.40.88 151 177/8 E-Mail: Hamburg-E@gmp-architekten.de Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Joachim Zais, 2002 Team, design: Monika van Vught Project leader: Joachim Zais General contractor Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden Photographer Marcus Bredt Berlin (0049-30-25298284) CAD system, project management, or other software used: Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau used for construction work of interior design AutoCAD 2008.   the Products Structural system: Self-supporting room-in-room-system (steel framework) Suspended
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Global Report: Germany

Michael Dumiak
March 19, 2009
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Looking Farther Afield for Jobs It takes 12 hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hanoi, and Bernhard Franken is getting to know the route very well. Franken has a half-dozen projects in Vietnam. If his struggling Frankfurt practice has an angel looking out for it, she comes from the East. With startling speed, the German economy has turned sluggish and dyspeptic. Architects from Berlin to Bonn say small practices are shutting down or on life support. Larger ones are shedding staff, and Foster + Partners just closed its Berlin office. Image courtesy Bernhard Franken Tan Lab Green City in Vietnam,
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Homo Lumens, L'nch'd 19 hotel Lighting Projects

Michael Dumiak
May 19, 2008
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Project Specs Homo Lumens, L'nch'd 19 hotel Budapest, Hungary L'szl' Bencz'r, P'ter Sug'r, L'szl' Kara << Return to article the People Architect László Benczúr, KBDesign http://www.benczur.com Péter Sugár http://portal.bme.hu/langs/en/default.aspx Lamella robotics engineer Hidromatic http://www.hidromatic.hu Interactive design, screenprinting Nextlab http://nextlab.hu/node/115 Glass design, screenprinting Szövetség '39 http://szovetseg39.blogspot.com Lighting system MES http://www.mes.hu   the Products Glass lamellas Rákosy Üvegipari Vállalkozás http://www.rakosyuveg.hu Chain systems, servos Hidromatic http://www.hidromatic.hu LEDs Philips Luxeon www.luxeon.com
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