"The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response has been 10 years of the greatest wave of historical preservation in the history of man."
--George E. Hartman--
This building is in the Olympic Area in Munich, Germany. I was so amazed and impressed with the type of architecture the buildings over there have. Every line and curve showed me that we are living in a late decade of modern architect. I have been told this building and the whole Olympic Area was built during Hitler era which goes back to 50 years old. I have made my search about the place and I was so impressed with the way the German architects took a step toward modern architecture back then after the war. I used to think that modern architecture is just 10 years old but when I have been there, every single thought was proven wrong. The building was designed by Gunter Behnisch who believed in the ideas that emphasized the modern designs and had more flexibility when using every possible material to create something unusual than the boring styles back then in 1972. I had this idea that modern art and architecture is something new but being there and witnessing the overall buildings so closely proved to me that I missed a lot in the modern architect ure history which I should go through again and study the history of it.
Source: www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Gunter_Behnisch.html
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