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Zara Pfeifer

Urbanism

Social convention

Unused since 2014, Berlin’s International Congress Centre is an architectural behemoth. We explore the 1980s icon and consider its future prospects in a city of sleeping giants.

  • The Forecast #12
  • 9 min read
The International Congress Centre's main southern entrance, a large brutalist concrete and aluminium building with tiered levels and geometric design.
Property

People’s palaces

Vienna’s ‘Gemeindebau’ apartment blocks were built out of necessity but an emphasis on social cohesion and affordability means that they might now be the world’s best public housing.

  • Issue #146
  • 7 min read
People’s palaces

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