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Neues Museum

The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island was designed by Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1841 and 1859. Extensive bombing during the Second World War left the building in ruins, and the structure was subsequently left exposed to nature for over 50 years on the eastern side of the divided city. In the context of a re-united Berlin, the re-building of the museum took on national significance, requiring close collaboration and a profound understanding of memory and meaning. The…

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