TEC4647790: The renovation of the Bundestag Palace in Berlin (Germany). Renovation Architect Sir Norman Foster, 1999. Its construction after a Paul Wallot project was completed in December 1894. The Italian High Renaissance style building is topped by a dome that rises 75 metres above the ground. Dem Deutschen Volke (To the German People) was affixed during the First World War. On November 9, 1918, from a window in the palace, politician Philipp Scheidemann announced the end of the Hohenzollern monarchy and proclaimed the Republic. The Sovietic army raised a red flag on April 30, 1945 when Berlin was captured at the end of World War II. The building was renovated between 1961 and 1973 by the Federal Republic of Germany without the dome. After the German reunification of 3 October 1990, the German Parliament (Bundestag) decided on 20 June 1991 to move the Federal Parliament and Government from Bonn to Berlin and to reinstate it in the Reichstag Palace. Symbol of the Reichstag, the dome is reconstructed from glass. Photography 01/10/96., Foster, Norman (b.1935) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4648012: Construction site on Gendarmenmarkt Square, Mitte district in Berlin (Germany). In the centre of Berlin, it is one of the most beautiful squares in the city. It is surrounded by the Konzerthaus (concert hall) and the two cathedrals (French and German). In the centre stands a statue of the famous poet Frederic Schiller. Photography 01/10/94. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4648964: Museum of the Tate Modern in London (England). Conversion in 1995-2000 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. This former electricity factory, built in the 1950s by Giles Gilbert Scott, the inventor of the famous red telephonic cabins, houses over 35,000 m2 one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe., Herzog, Jacques (b.1950) and Meuron, Jacques de (b.1950) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4648995: The Museum of the Tate Modern in London (England). Conversion in 1995-2000 by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. This former electrical factory, built in the 1950s by Giles Gilbert Scott, the inventor of the famous red English telephonic cabins, houses on 35,000 m2 one of Europe's most important collections of modern and contemporary art., Herzog, Jacques (b.1950) and Meuron, Jacques de (b.1950) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4600757: Facade of a building in the Place des Vosges in Paris. Inaugurated in 1612 during the marriage of Louis XIII (1601-1643) with Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the royal square, known since 1800, Place des Vosges, was created on the site of the Royal Hotel in Tournelles. It consists of thirty-six pavilions, nine on each side, built of stone and brick, with high roofs pierced with beef grooves above arches. This gives it a very rigorous symmetry. We do not know precisely the master of this place. Various names were advanced but without any proof: Louis Metezeau (1560-1615), Clement Metezeau (1581-1652), Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1550-1614) or Claude Chastillon (1559-1616). / Bridgeman Images
TEC4600783: Place des Vosges in Paris. Inaugurated in 1612 during the marriage of Louis XIII (1601-1643) with Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the royal square, known since 1800, Place des Vosges, was created on the site of the Royal Hotel in Tournelles. It consists of thirty-six pavilions, nine on each side, built of stone and brick, with high roofs pierced with beef grooves above arches. This gives it a very rigorous symmetry. We do not know precisely the master of this place. Various names were advanced but without any proof: Louis Metezeau (1560-1615), Clement Metezeau (1581-1652), Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (circa 1550-1614) or Claude Chastillon (1559-1616). / Bridgeman Images