Name: Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture
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Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture

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Plattenbauten, made from prefabricated concrete panels reshaped Berlin in the aftermath of mass bombing. Plattenbau Berlin celebrates this slice of 20th-century urbanism. ‘Drawn from his extensive investigations into Berlin’s urban landscape, Jesse Simon’s texts and photographs offer a convincing argument for the aesthetic and social value of buildings that were once described as “eyesores.” Focused on urban developments constructed between the 1950s and the early 1990s, the book is structured geographically, devoting equal attention to the former East and West.’With over 200 images to illustrate the diversity of style and colour and how urban planning differed between the East and West of the city, the book is a terrific way of mapping a visit to the city or for some armchair tourism. ‘For fans of Brutalism and Modernism, Plattenbau Berlin is both an engaging reconsideration of postwar urbanism, and a unique entry point for exploring Berlin’s history and architecture’.

Author, photographer Jess Simons

Publisher Prestel

224 pages