Reichstag, Berlin: the mirrored cone
Architect/Designer | Foster & Partners |
Artist/Photographer | Hope-Fitch, Christopher |
Country | Germany |
City | Berlin |
Subject Date | 1999 |
Image Date | 2009 |
View | Exterior |
Style | High-Tech |
Medium | Digital image |
Library Reference | RIBA45369 (Reichstag 5) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Christopher Hope-Fitch / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Glass ; Parliament buildings ; Domes ; Mirrors ; Reflections ; Steel |
NOTES: The Reichstag has been the seat of the Bundestag since April 1999. The original 1894 building (architect Paul Wallot), was damaged by a fire in 1933 and bombed severely during World War II, leaving it gutted. After reunification, Foster & Partners were commissioned to redesign a new parliament for the Bundestag inside the shell of the old building, creating a new dome in the process.
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