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The Humboldt Forum, embodying the cosmopolitan world view of the brothers Humboldt, is to be housed in the historic, reconstructed Berlin Palace on Berlin’s Museum Island. It will be a unique space for art, culture, education and science. This publication provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this great construction project, developed by Italian architect Franco Stella. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and two of its state museums, the Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art, will be housed in this innovative centre for exhibitions, science and events, together with the Central Library Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin. The volume describes both the concept and the planning for the Humboldt Forum with illustrations of its planning and design, both inside and out. Essays by renowned authors complete the volume. Essays by H. Bredekamp, M. Eissenhauer, R. Haas, M. Heller, V. Heller, L.-Chr. Koch, V. König, J.-H. Olbertz, H. Parzinger, B. Probst, U. Rahmannsteinert, M. Rettig, K. Ruitenbeek, F. Stella, A. Wegner, M. Wemhoff, B. Wolter, M. Wullen
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Recently, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation announced major plans to construct an innovative center for the arts and sciences within the reconstructed Berlin Palace on Museum Island. When completed, the Humboldt Forum—named for the forward-thinking brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt—will house the Foundation, the Central Library Berlin, and two state museums: the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. With numerous detailed drawings and plans for the building both inside and out, The Humboldt Forum in the Berliner Schloss provides a behind-the-scenes look at this ambitious project developed with the Italian architect Franco Stella. In addition to these plans, through contributions by renowned experts in the field, the book explores the key concepts behind the Humboldt Forum. Planned for completion in 2015, the Humboldt Forum will be one of the most important additions to Germany’s cultural infrastructure in decades, and this informative yet accessible book offers a guide with which to understand its planning and construction.
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