House of the Cultures of the World (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) Tiergarten, Berlin
Architect/Designer | Hugh Stubbins & Associates |
Artist/Photographer | Dziubinska, Anna |
Country | Germany |
City | Berlin |
Subject Date | 1957 |
Image Date | 2013 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | Dziubinska 27_Hous of the Cultures of the World, Berlin Germany_20122013.JPG |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Anna Dziubinska / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Conference centres ; Art galleries ; Roofs ; Shell structures ; Cultural centres |
NOTES: Formerly known as Kongresshalle (Congress Hall) this was built originally as a conference centre and was the United States' contribution to the 1957 Interbau, an international architecture exhibition. Regarded as a technically revolutionary and creatively brilliant achievement at the time, its parabolic roof was nicknamed the "Pregnant Oyster". Although in 1980 the roof collapsed (since restored), as the 1950s technology had not quite lived up to the architect's vision. It now houses a centre for contemporary non-European art.
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