Berlin Modern

Traces of the twentieth century.
A project of @PlattenbauBLN and @Berlin_Type.

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On the road again … back soon.
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Street scene.
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Modern entrances of Berlin:
This currently-vacant shopfront provides the latest instalment in our ongoing series of modern doorways.
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Broadcasting in the space age.
Robert Tepez, 1963–71.
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Concrete, tiles, exterior (orange) blinds and an anguished bronze sculpture … what more could one want?
Architect and year of construction (currently) unknown.
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Angles of uncertainty.
Willy Kreuer, 1956–57.
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@wendyOrourke Fantastic! And in case you don’t already know it, I can highly recommend this book…

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Textures of the desert, part 1.
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@JCNB1 It is indeed. Fantastic building…

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Books and brutalism.
Bodo Fleischer 1975–78.
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Bell-tower in concrete and brick.
Werner March, 1958–61.
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The last days of the Haus der Statistik.
M. Hörner, P. Senf, J. Härter, 1968–70.
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The former Osram-Haus on Ernst-Reuter-Platz.
Bernhard Hermkes, 1956–57.
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We’re back in Berlin … and ready for another year of modern delights. First stop: the ever-wonderful Staatsbibliothek.
H. Scharoun, E. Wisniewski, 1967–76.
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Farewell to the desert.
Tomorrow we return to the familiar world of post-war Berlin.

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Textures of the desert, part 4.
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Textures of the desert, part 3.
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Textures of the desert, part 2.
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Studies in form.
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Berlin Modern in Palm Springs, part 6:
This late masterpiece of Desert Modernism is actually in Palm Desert, a few miles down 111. It was still a bank in 2019, but now stands vacant.
Architect Unknown, 1978.