Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Exhibition Hall for the German Historical Museum

Architecture by Ieoh Ming Pei



Designed to house temporary exhibitions, the annex has surprising views of the urban surroundings. I. M. Pei has used deliberated visual axes to create an architectural correspondence between historical and contemporary structures. Two important element’s in Pei’s overall concept are the underground link between the new and the old building and the glass dome for the Schlüter Courtyard.

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