Reframing Berlin

Christopher S. Wilson is an architecture and design historian at Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA. He is also the “scholar-in residence” of the non-profit Architecture Sarasota.Gul Kacmaz Erk is a senior lecturer in architecture at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She is also the founding director of CACity (Cinemaand Architecture in the City), Collaborative Research Group.

• ForewordKathleen James-ChakrabortyIntroduction Berlin: The Remembered City Urban Memory Urban Strategies Memory in Berlin Filmstadt BerlinOut of Sight, Out of Mind: Demolition New Reich Chancellery Palace of the Republic Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Temporary InstallationEscape Tunnels Wrapped Reichstag From Scratch: New Construction Sony Center Spreebogen Business or Pleasure?: Disneyfication Checkpoint Charlie Berliner Stadtschloss Cycle of Life: Mutation The Berlin Wall Potsdamer Platz Prosthetic Limbs: Supplementation The Reichstag Dome Berlin Olympic Stadium Frozen in Time: Suspension Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Topography of Terror On the Move: Relocation Grand Hotel Esplanade Victory Column Survival Instinct: Adaptation Berlin Techno Clubs Berlin Bunkers Altered States: Appropriation Berlin TV Tower Neue Wache My Precious!: Preservation The Brandenburg Gate Berlin State Opera Once upon a Time: Memorialization Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Stumbling Blocks Conclusions: Berlin: Remember When …Berlin Lessons The Global Context FilmographyBibliography Index