von Gerkan, Marg und Partner: Architecture 1995-1997 (German and English Edition)

A review of the most recent buildings and projects by von Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp), one of Germany's most successful architectural offices: "The most fascinating point about the buildings of gmp is their simple and clear 'built' language. The functions have been satisfied, the goal is reached, the client is fulfilled, the user feels understood." (Dietmar Steiner). Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has not only developed into one fo the largest and most successful German architectural offices since its founding in 1965, but has also played an important role in the international context of contemporary architecture. Documented in this most recent catalog of gmp's work are the ruban designs for bucharest 2000 and Hanover's EXPO 2000, the New Trade Fair Leipzig and teh National Museum in Seoul, designs for airports in Dusseldorf and Zurich, the German-Japanese Center in Hamburg, the delegates' offices of the German Bundestag in berlin, and many other projects executed by the office between 1995 and 1997. This excellently produced book documents the impressive variety of solutions proposed by gmp. Here, "architecture remains an art of social application," (Meinhard von Gerkan) which not only does justice to the immense responsibility architects have for the built environment, but also allows individuality for each building.