The Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin was designed by Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden and built from 1877 to 1881. The article names no client but says it was Berlin's Museum of Applied Arts. It calls the style Neo-Renaissance. It has no infobox.
The plan is square, about 230 feet (70 m) on each side, and about 85 feet (26 m) high. An atrium has mosaics and German state coats of arms by the sculptor Otto Lessing. The article names no other materials. It has been a listed monument since 1966.
After World War I it housed a prehistory museum and an East Asian art collection. It was severely damaged in 1945 and stood on the East and West Berlin border until 1990. It was reconstructed from 1978, reopened in 1981 and renovated in 1998 and 1999. It has shown Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor and Paul Klee. The article gives no hours.
Comments