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Under water
Restorers in Venice work tirelessly to rescue the city's precious mosaics from constant floods.
Architectural milestone
Cologne's new central mosque has already endured years of criticism, and it's not even finished yet.
Favorite mistake
After more than 800 years, the Tower of Pisa still leans - but it's more stable than ever.
Monumental debate
The design for a Berlin monument celebrating reunification continues to polarize the public.
Don't forget
Plans for a German reunification monument spark the bigger question of how to remember.
Back to basics
Europe's first low-energy house made from loam and straw turns heads in the architecture world.
German Expressionists
Bruecke artists revolutionized German art with vibrant colors and can be called the first hippies.
Discover Germany
Stuttgart is known as for its luxury carmakers, but also has a significant architectural legacy.
Old vs new
As Germany's old buildings age, it's faced with a difficult question: rebuild or replace them?
Longing drives creativity
The German pavilion at the Venice Biennale gets to the root of the creative impulse: desire.
Uncomfortable history
Germany's pavilion at the Venice Biennale is exemplary of Nazi architecture. Should it be torn down?
Brick Gothic
Join DW-TV and explore unique Gothic architecture across Germany.
Berlin presents retrospective of works by US 'experience architect'
Art in the province
France's Pompidou Center opens its new branch in Metz with a striking design and collection
Changing tastes
Many Germans yearn to see postwar buildings razed to the ground. But some want them protected.
Expensive extras
With funding short, the planned rebuilding of Berlin's City Palace could leave a landmark naked.
Construction chaos
Unfinished and unaffordable, Hamburg's concert hall is turning into an embarrassment to the city.
Harboring the past
Cologne's Rhine harbor recalls times past and the women who lived, loved - and even killed there.
Ignoring architecture
Britain's Chipperfield says architecture should not really be noticed, even at Essen's new venue.
Skyscraper snubbed
The world's tallest building is little more than a monument to excess, say German architects.
Cultural Istanbul
The Turkish city's lavish budget could make for a fantastic spectacle as cultural capital in 2010.
Weathering climate
World heritage sites might have outlived their makers, but can they survive climate change?
New museum
Star architect David Chipperfield showcases one of Germany's most distinguished museums.
Berlin's cityscape
A German court gives the green light for Italian architect Stella to rebuild Berlin's City Palace.
Old vs. new
Even as Berlin's Neues Museum reopens, opponents of Chipperfield's design still voice complaints.
Demolished treasures
East German made significant contributions to modern architecture - but many have been torn down.
Green architecture
One Belgian architect says green design can make cities not just more efficient, but more poetic.
Dusting Cologne's Cathedral
Restoration specialists work hard to maintain the Cologne Cathedral in all its Gothic glory.
Architectural Export
Jewish refugees brought Germany's Bauhaus style to Tel Aviv and added their own flair.
Long Live Bauhaus
Bauhaus, the design movement that originated in the German city of Weimar, turns 90 on April 1.
Vilnius in the Spotlight
Vilnius, Lithuania's historic metropolis, has been named a 2009 European Capital of Culture.
Design Debate
Cologne is faced with a debate over what a new Jewish museum in the city should look like.
Bunker-Style Architecture
The new US embassy in Berlin is nearing completion -- and triggering fresh debate.
Top German Architects Go Global
Debate Reopens
The people of Berlin want a public referendum over the closure of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport.
Little Acropolis
Germany's Museum of Modern Literature has been honored with Britain's highest architecture prize.
Eisenman Turns 75
DW-WORLD.DE talked to the architect of Berlin's Holocaust memorial about his future plans.
Interbau
The Interbau architecture exhibit is a example of Germany's postwar push toward modernization.
Bauhaus' Facelift
The Bauhaus building Walter Gropius in Dessau has been restored to its former glory.
New Holocaust Museum
German architect von Gerkan will design a Holocaust museum for the eastern city of Leipzig.
Mini Europe
Can a new art project make a bleak Berlin suburb the capital's next big tourist attraction?
Germany Champions Sustainability At Architecture Show
Sixteen major cities from around the globe are represented at the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, dedicated to city dwellers and their landscapes. One of them is Berlin.
Shaping Berlin's Heart
A new proposal has reignited the heated debate about the future on Berlin's central palace square.
The Reichstag: From Political to Architectural Symbol
Kaiser Wilhelm I laid the first stone in 1882. Twelve years later, Berlin's Reichstag, designed by Paul Wallot, was finished. These days, there is hardly any other building in Germany with such a storied existence.
Libeskind Gives Dresden Military Museum a Change of Face
The aim behind Daniel Libeskind's architectural restyling of Dresden's Military Museum was clear: not another glorified weapons display. But the museum will have to find a new message before it reopens.
Guggenheim Masterworks Heading for Bonn Residency
While there is no dearth in impressive art exhibitions on display in Bonn, the arrival of some of the Guggenheim Collection's greatest impressionist, modern and contemporary works is likely to cause quite a stir.
Knitting Artist Captures German Landmarks in Wool
Forget scarves, baby booties and cabled sweaters. For artist Annette Streyl, knitting is about expression and architecture rather than clothes.
Museum as the Cathedral of the 21st Century
A museum of contemporary art in the German city of Düsseldorf has been chosen as the first stop of a traveling exhibition which explores the fascinating development of museum architecture in the 21st century.
Vogelsang Castle: In the Shadow of the Third Reich
Young men were molded into Nazi leaders of the future at Vogelsang Castle in the Rhineland. The complex is the best maintained example of Third Reich architecture in Germany, and since Jan. 1 it's open to the public.
Virtual Visits to Germany's Lost Synagogues
The destruction of synagogues by the Nazis left architectural wounds in Germany's cities. Now some of the buildings have risen again in cyberspace, giving people an opportunity to tour them virtually.
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