The archive of Hans Scharoun is one of the most voluminous bequests of the architectural archive of the Akademie der Kunste, Berlin. Scharoun donated almost 18,000 drawings, photographs, autographs, correspondence, and models to the Akademie shortly before his death in 1972—including the charge to guard his copyright interests. Internationally, his built work is considered among the most significant of the twentieth century. Like few others, Hans Scharoun has studied the diversity of architectural forms and developed an architecture of unique expression with rigorous consistency. His concert hall for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra made a contribution to architectural history that until today has remained without parallel.
ISBN: 978-3-8030-0758-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
"Space, Humans, Music" Dr. Eva-Maria Barkhofen
"The Lightness of Democracy" Wilfried Wang
Competition Drawings and Models—Bundesalle
Construction Drawings, Models, and Photographs—Tiergarten
Scaled Drawings
"The Scalloped Edge, Gold Lame, and the Resonant Plan" Mack Scogin
"Consonance and Resonance" Daniel Sylvester
Historic and Contemporary Photographs
EDITORS
Wilfried Wang
Daniel Sylvester
SERIES EDITORS
Kevin Alter
Michael Benedikt
Barbara Hoidn
Wilfried Wang
PRODUCTION EDITORS
Susan McNally
