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Planning director Josef Paul Kleihues invited the royalty of international architecture to
take up the challenges of Interbau, among them Rob Krier, Peter Eisenman, James Stirling,
Aldo Rossi, Arata Isozaki and OM Ungers. Eastern Kreuzberg and the area south of the Ti-
ergarten received the most attention. Good places to study the legacy of Interbau 1987 are
on a stroll along the Fraenkelufer in Kreuzberg and along the streets surrounding the
Jü disches Museum such as Lindenstrasse, Ritterstrasse and Alte Jakobstrasse.
The New Berlin
Reunification presented Berlin with both the challenge and the opportunity to redefine itself
architecturally. With the Wall gone, the two city halves had to be physically rejoined across
huge gashes of empty space. Critical Reconstruction continued to be the guiding vision un-
der city planning director Hans Stimmann. Architects had to follow a long catalogue of
parameters with regard to building heights, facade materials and other criteria with the goal
of rebuilding Berlin within its historic forms rather than creating a modern, vertical city.
Berliner Philharmonie
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