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Videobox: Award-winning Architects

New Holocaust Museum

German architect von Gerkan will design a Holocaust museum for the eastern city of Leipzig.

Frei Otto receiving the prize in Tokyo

Frei Otto receiving the prize in Tokyo

Frei Otto Honored

German architect Frei Otto received the so-called Japanese Nobel Prize for contemporary art.

''Rebuilding Ground Zero is Rebuilding the Heart of New York''

DW-WORLD.DE spoke with star achitect Daniel Libeskind about his plans for the Ground Zero site in New York, the changing role of architecture after the Sept. 11 attacks and the meaning of memory.

Artist's impression of the future Durban World Cup football stadium

Artist's impression of the future Durban World Cup football stadium

German Architects Design World Cup Stadiums in South Africa

Just weeks after the close of the 2006 World Cup, a German architecture firm is working hard to remodel three South African stadiums in time for the next soccer world championship in 2010.

World Cup Designs

A German architecture firm is working hard to remodel three South African soccer stadiums for 2010.

Libeskind Gives Dresden Military Museum a Change of Face

The aim behind Daniel Libeskind's architectural restyling of Dresden's Military Museum was clear: not another glorified weapons display. But the museum will have to find a new message before it reopens.

Living in a Box

For city dwellers, the word "loft" generally evokes sprawling, spartan space and individual yet fiercely voguish style. But in Stuttgart, a pair of bright young things have created a loft with a difference.

Germans in Iraq: "Everyone Knows the Risks"

As the family of kidnapped German archeologist Susanne Osthoff pleaded for her life, a German working in Iraq took stock of the situation.

New Science Center Makes Technology Tangible

Housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid, a public-private partnership between the city of Wolfsburg and a number of large German companies is opening "Phaeno," the country's largest science center, on Friday.

Rebuilding a Devastated City

After the onslaught by hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans practically ceased to exist. Prominent German architect Albert Speer talked to DW-WORLD about the prospects of rebuilding a destroyed city.

Going East

With construction on the wane in Germany, architects have been advised to look abroad for work.

A New Way to Explore the Seas

It has to be one of the weirder crafts to grace a drawing board -- a seahorse-shaped buoy, 51 meters (165 feet) tall, designed not for transport, but to drift around the oceans studying life beneath the waves.

Germania: Visions of Grandeur

Had Hitler won the war, his plan was to transform Berlin into Germania -- the city he planned with architect Albert Speer. A film, a tour and the twists of time have conspired to create new interest in his evil vision.

The Architect Who Flirted With Fascism

Philip Johnson, who died this week at the age of 98, might be acknowledged as one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, but he never quite lived down his reputation as a Nazi sympathizer.

Grand Visions

Germany's Meinhard von Gerkan is most feted for his work as the architect of modern China.

Building a New Reputation Abroad

Despite their strong architectural tradition, very few Germans get to build important projects abroad. But at this month's architecture biennale in Venice and at similar events, they're trying to change that.

For Some German Architects, It's Easy Being Green

An exhibit on ecologically friendly architecture in Germany just began a world tour. It highlights the country's position at the forefront of a growing movement in 'green' building techniques.

In Berlin, A River Remade

Berlin's river Spree was long slighted by the city's inhabitants, who saw it as little more than a murky cradle of industry. Now this jaded jewel is being dusted down and polished to a state-of-the-art sparkle.

Architect Might Sue over Gestapo Museum

Shedding the Past

Celebrated German architect Albert Speer, Jr. has put an uncomfortable family connection behind him.

Holocaust Memorial Architect in Anti-Semitic Flap

Holocaust Memorial Architect Criticized over Nazi Joke

Holocaust Memorial Architect Criticizes Degussa Exclusion

Libeskind's WTC Design Still on Drawing Board

Last March Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind emerged as the winner of an international contest to rebuild Ground Zero. Since then, his design has been pushed into the background as a political struggle ensued.

New I.M. Pei Building Opens in Berlin

Berlin gains its own glass and steel treasure with the opening of a new exhibition hall designed by architect I. M. Pei.

Berlin Architect to Build Twin Towers Replacement

It's official: Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind has won an international competition to fill the vacuum where the World Trade Center towers once stood.

Remembering the Hell that was Buchenwald

A new memorial at the dreaded concentration camp of Buchenwald by US architect Stephen Jacobs remembers the thousands of inmates, who bore the brunt of the Nazi regime’s zealous “cleansing”.