capital dilemma

Michael Z. Wise

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998.

Published before Germany's capital officially returned to Berlin, Wise's clearly-organized narrative presents the "political decisions and historical events behind the redesign of Berlin's governmental architecture by weaving a complex and exciting drama of politics, memory, and cultural values in which Helmut Kohl, Albert Speer, Sir Norman Foster, and I.M. Pei all figure as players." (Jacket Cover)

germany's search for a new architecture of democracy

"If anyone inquires about the higher authority that directs everything, it is never to be found in one spot... We are afraid of a capital."

~Goethe

Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre