National Gallery Berlin, Mies van der Rohe Building, Potsdamerplatz, Date, Image
National Gallery Building : Architecture
Mies van der Rohe Building in Berlin, Germany – Kulturforum Architecture, Potsdamerplatz
page updated 25 Jul 2016 ; 5 Sep 2009
New National Gallery
Date built: 1962-68
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Location: Kulturforum, central Berlin, near Potsdamer Platz
Photos © Adrian Welch
Neue National Galerie
The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It is part of the National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums. The museum building and its sculpture gardens were designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and opened in 1968.
The gallery closed in 2015, for “several years” of renovation. In December 2020 it was announced that the renovation of the Neues Nationalgalerie by David Chipperfield Architects is expected to be completed in April 2021. The museum is set to open in August 2021 with an exhibition of works of American sculptor Alexander Calder.
National Gallery Berlin architect: Mies van der Rohe
The plan of the Neue Nationalgalerie is divided into two distinct stories. The upper story serves as an entrance hall as well as the primary special exhibit gallery, totaling 2,683 m2 (28,880 sq ft) of space. It is elevated from street level and only accessible by three flights of steps.
Probably the most famous Mies van der Rohe building: Barcelona Pavilion
also known as the ´German Pavilion´
Buildings close by include:
Neue Staatsbibliothek
Mies van der Rohe building – scanned photos from 1991, by architect adrian welch
Entry from inside and out
National Gallery Berlin Photos © Adrian Welch
In 1956, José M. Bosch, President of Ron Bacardí y Compañía approached Mies to commission the design of a new office space. He was particularly interested in a very open plan, and the relatively simple idea Mies came up with involved a square roof plate supported on each side by two columns.
Though initial structural challenges had to be dealt with, the resulting pavilion typology became integral to Mies’ architectural lexicon, in many ways the epitome of his universal conception of space.
source: wikipedia
Location: Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany, western Europe
Berlin Art Gallery Buildings
Contemporary Berlin Art Galleries – recent architectural selection on e-architect below:
Am Kupfergraben 10 gallery building
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
photograph © Ioana Marinescu
Am Kupfergraben 10
James Simon Galerie, Museum Island, Berlin
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
photo © Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects
James Simon Galerie
Berlin Architecture
Berlin Architecture – selection of contemporary architectural designs:
Berlin Architecture Designs – chronological list
Berlin Architecture Walking Tours
Major Museum Architecture in Berlin – architectural selection below:
Contemporary Architecture in Berlin – selection below:
BRICKS, Hauptstraße
Design: GRAFT
photo : BTTR GmbH
BRICKS, Berlin Schöneberg
Komische Oper Berlin Expansion
Architect: REX
image : Luxigon
Komische Oper Berlin
German Art Galleries
Contemporary German Art Galleries – key selection on e-architect below:
Porsche Museum, Stuttgart
Design: Delugan Meissl
image © Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Porsche Museum Stuttgart
Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg
Dates built: 1977-83/84
started as Jim Stirling & Partner project completed by Jim Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates
photo © Rebecca Breun
Stuttgart gallery
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