Friday, November 28, 2008

Ein Italiener baut das Berliner Stadtschloss Berlin - - Ein Italiener hat das Rennen gemacht: Francesco Stella aus Vicenza wird das Berliner Stadtsc

An Italian has made the race: Francesco Stella from Vicenza, the Berlin city palace rebuild. A man then, with the big buildings Andrea Palladio has become.

Following the announcement of the surprising decision was in the gray verhangenen capital yesterday vain sunshine. Wilhelm von Boddien, which - only smiled, then faced - 15 years for the reconstruction of the SED rude gesprengten Barockbaus advertised was "overjoyed", jury president Vittorio Lampugnani called Stella's draft "very beautiful, very strong, very courageously, "Culture Minister Bernd Neumann spoke of a" fantastic work ", which will crown the center of Berlin, and Bundesbauminister Tiefensee called Stella's plans simply" convincing ".

Francesco Stella where the winner was, naturally, there were also losers. Above all the architect Josef Paul Kleihues, until the end as a favorite was traded. Kleihues went to one of the four with 30 000 euro spiked third prize. A second place there was not. Stella will receive a bonus winner over 100 000 euros.

The reconstruction of the City Palace or the reconstructed three-sheathed building facades will start in 2010. Four years later, the Humboldt Forum ready. A 40 000 square meter, more than half a billion euros expensive building, which the non-European collections as well as the Berlin Central and Regional Library will begin.

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