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Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Academy of the Arts, Berlin
Alternate Title:
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Image View:
Top level roof terrace under colorful, translucent roof canopy with suspension system; the canopy design reflected on the floor and a circular stairwell leading down
Creator:
Behnisch und Partner (German architectural firm, active 1966-2008)
Location:
site: Berlin, Berlin (state), Germany
Location Note:
Pariser Platz 4
GPS:
52.515 13.379444
Date:
completed 2005 (creation)
Cultural Context:
German
Style Period:
Twentieth century; Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
exhibition building
Work Type 2:
society building
Work Type 3:
studio (work space)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
glass; steel; stone
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Description:
An arts institution in Berlin founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts. It also functions as the arts council for the government. The academic arm of the institution ultimately developed into the Berlin University of the Arts. The council was located in Pariser Platz in a building (1903-1907) designed by Ernst von Ihne; this was heavily damaged in WWII. The council, which had split into east and west branches, was reunified in 1994. In 2005, it returned to Federal control and to the Pariser Platz location in the new building. Some parts of the original building were incorporated. Behnisch & Partner (Günter Behnisch, Manfred Sabatke) with Werner Durth and project partner Franz Harder are the listed architects. This was the last personally-realized project by Günter Behnisch, who died in 2010. (Source: Behnisch Architekten [firm website]; http://behnisch.com)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eight
Identifier:
1A1-BEP-AAB-A29
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Academy of the Arts, Berlin
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