Thomas Meyer
People’s palace: Henselmann Tower
Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee was the GDR's most famous street, lined with socialist ‘palaces of the workers’. Today these apartment blocks, particularly the Henselmann Tower, attract a discerning and creative community.
Perfect marriage
Berlin’s Wedding quarter, once dismissed as a drab industrial district, is now an engaging home for creative types thanks to its eclectic architecture and laidback atmosphere. Monocle got a spot on the guestlist.
Bullet time
Travellers demand efficiency and comfort on the move. Monocle visits industry fair InnoTrans for the latest technologies and innovations keeping rail transport on track.
String theory
The geometric playscapes of Corocord start off with hard labour and harder maths but come to life with a final, magic design element: imagination.
The outsiders
Munich is setting a new focus on public art for 2013. The Bavarian city has invited renowned artist duo Elmgreen + Dragset to playfully carry out a most serious, city-wide artistic mission.
