contemporary
architecture in
germany 1970 - 1996
de Bruyn, Gerd. Boston: Birkäuser Verlag,
1997.
the two introductory essays discuss the influential architects and development strategies of post-wwii east and west berlin. the editor, mr. de bruyn, writes: “West Berlin sought – with help from internationally celebrated architects – to make itself more attractive, while in the East old buildings became increasingly run-down and the terrible monotony of prefabricated settlements spread even further” (18).