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Structure-ID: s0009150
Created on: 24/04/03
Modified on: 26/07/05


House of the Cultures of the World

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, "Schwangere Auster", Benjamin-Franklin-Halle
Completed in: 1957
Status: in use
Address: John Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
Location: Tiergarten, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
House of the Cultures of the World
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Structural Type:
Thin-shell structure
Function / usage:
Congress center

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Reconstruction (1987)
Architect Wolf Rüdiger Borchardt
  Hans-Peter Störl
Initial construction (1956-1957)
Architect Hugh Asher Stubbins
Engineer Fred N. Severud
Checking engineer Werner Koepcke

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shell  reinforced concrete

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Relevant Literature
* Statisch-konstruktive Lösungsvorschläge zum Wiederaufbau der Kongreßhalle in Berlin, in "Bautechnik", April 1987, n. 4 v. 64 .
* BOUCHET, André   Le palais des Congrès, à Berlin, in "La Technique des Travaux", July 1959, n. 7-8 v. 35 .
* Hundt, J.   Die Kongresshalle in Berlin-Tiergarten - Schlussfolgerungen aus einem Schadensfall, in "Bautechnik", June 1983, n. 6 v. 60 .
* Hundt, J.   Materialtechnische Untersuchungen am Dach der Kongresshalle in Berlin-Tiergarten, in "Bautechnik", August 1982, n. 8 v. 59 .
* Jaiser, U.   Wiederaufbau der Kongreßhalle in Berlin, in "Bautechnik", October 1987, n. 10 v. 64 .
* Kuehl, G.   Wiederaufbau der Kongreßhalle Berlin, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", January 1986, n. 1 v. 81 .
* Polonyi, S.   Statisch-konstruktive Lösungsvorschläge zum Wiederaufbau der Kongreßhalle in Berlin, in "Bautechnik", October 1987, n. 10 v. 64 .
* Schlaich, Jörg   Teileinsturz der Kongresshalle Berlin - Schadensursachen, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", December 1980, n. 12 v. 75 .
* Wörner, Martin   Architekturführer Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin (Germany) ; pp. 142.

 
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