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 The Reichstag |
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Since being handed over to the Bundestag in April 1999, the Reichstag, which is in the middle of the new government quarter, has become a prominent new symbol of Berlin, federal Germany's capital. In 1993 the Bundesbaugesellschaft took on the overall planning for the rebuilding of the historic parliament building as part of the large-scale redevelopment of the Spreeside area. Axel Schultes' and Charlotte Frank's proposals for the redevelopment, which were finally adopted, envisaged setting the parliament and government buildings in a "federal belt" which would, together with two bridges over the Spree, link the eastern and western parts of the capital. |
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| Longitudinal section of the Reichstag |
The former home of the Reichstag is, together with the Jakob Kaiser House and its annexed older buildings, in the south-eastern part of the federal belt. The two buildings represent a connection between the new parliamentary and government quarter and Berlin's political and architectural past. The competition for the architectural reconstruction of the Reichstag involved a complicated selection procedure, the result of which was that the London design office of Lord Norman Foster was selected to supervise the technically demanding work of removing the central core of the building and its reconstruction, which was carried out between 1995 and 1999. |
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The basic architectural concept from a city planning point of view A historic shell covering a hi-tech heart The dome - a spell in glass and steel The Reichstag in figures Links to other websites |
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