From the Frankfurter Rundschau, this report about the development of the Tacheles area in Mitte. Normally "New Urbanism" seems like a good thing, but this just sucks the soul out of the whole neighborhood and makes it yet another bland (yet pricey) place.
Here's the English page at the City of Berlin's city planning pages. If you can spare the bandwidth, I recommend watching the video they've provided. (Interestingly, it seems that the model is made of paper and cardboard, rather than with CAD, unless that's just the aesthetic.)
Also, here's an award the architects, Duany Plater-Zyberk, won for their design. [It's about halfway down the page, and by clicking on the picture you can have a closer look; click the link next to it and you'll get the project description.]
Posted by Heather at November 11, 2003 08:08 AM
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