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This issue features the most recent wave of construction in Berlin, Germany. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city became a cultural capital that attracted young creatives. It offered opportunities for cross-disciplinary experiments and collaborations for well-designed, affordable housing that differed to the post-Reunification styles. Highlighting fourteen recent works that range from the restoration of the Neues Museum to the conversion of an abandoned grocery store into a residence, they represent a new chapter in the city’s architectural styles and values. Thematic essays on Museum Island, Schinkelplatz, and the Tempelhof site are also included.

OMA: Axel Springer Campus
Space Group of Floating e.V.: Floating Berlin
Brandlhuber+Emde, Burlon; Muck Petzet Architekten: Terrassenhaus
David Chipperfield Architects: James-Simon-Galerie
David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Julian Harrap Architects: Neues Museum

Transformations
Museum Island
Barry Bergdoll
Schinkelplatz
Rafael Moneo
Kulturforum
100 Tempelhof
Alfredo Thiermann:

Essay
Berlin – From Castle in the Air to Creative Metropolis
Florian Hertweck

Tanja Lincke Architekten: House on he Spree
augustinundfrank/winkler Architekten: Supermarkt
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Hoidn Wang Partner: Spreehalle
Barkow Leibinger: Apartment House Prenzlauer Berg
Sauerbruch Hutton: Haus 6

Essay
Baugruppen – Made for Berlin
Barbara Hoidn

FAR frohn&rojas: Wohnregal
EM2N Architekten: New Housing on Briesestrasse
June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff: Building Group Kurfürstenstrasse
Deadline Architekten: Frizz23

Essay
Berlin – From Critical to Populist Reconstruction
Wilfried Wang