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House of the Cultures of the World (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) Tiergarten, Berlin

RIBA Ref No RIBA112328
Architect/DesignerHugh Stubbins & Associates
Artist/PhotographerDziubinska, Anna
CountryGermany
CityBerlin
Subject Date1957
Image Date2013
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumDigital image
Library ReferenceDziubinska 27_Hous of the Cultures of the World, Berlin Germany_20122013.JPG
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditAnna Dziubinska / RIBA Collections
SubjectConference 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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