What's the Matter with American Cities?
For frequent travelers to Europe, it is frustrating to see the increasingly different urban conditions on the other side of the Atlantic.
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For frequent travelers to Europe, it is frustrating to see the increasingly different urban conditions on the other side of the Atlantic.
Neue Nationalgalerie and its sculpture garden © Simon Menges. Architect David Chipperfield is handing the keys back to the Berlin State Museums today after a six-year renovation of one of Germany’s most recognizable museum landmarks, Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie. The €140 million ($168 million) renovation of the the architect’s legacy building was undertaken with the motto “as much Mies as possible.” The museum, which opened in 1968, displays Berlin’s enviable collection of Modern and contemporary art from its permanent collection, and hosts large-scale temporary ex...