The Reichstag Graffiti

by Norman G. Foster

In Germany's seat of government, the Reichstag, the walls speak. Covered in graffiti by victorious Soviet soldiers in 1945, they had been obscured until 1995, when they were rediscovered by architect Norman Foster and his team. Preserved by Foster as part of his conception of the Reichstag as a "living museum" of German history, these anti-German scribblings became a hotly debated subject: some charged that the graffiti was racially offensive and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3931321053
• ISBN13: 9783931321055
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Jovis Verlag
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 11.0"