Berlin Modern

On the road again … back soon. #BerlinModern

Street scene. #BerlinModern

Modern entrances of Berlin: This currently-vacant shopfront provides the latest instalment in our ongoing series of modern doorways. #BerlinModern

Broadcasting in the space age. Robert Tepez, 1963–71. #BerlinModern

Concrete, tiles, exterior (orange) blinds and an anguished bronze sculpture … what more could one want? Architect and year of construction (currently) unknown. #BerlinModern

Angles of uncertainty. Willy Kreuer, 1956–57. #BerlinModern

@wendyOrourke Fantastic! And in case you don’t already know it, I can highly recommend this book…

Textures of the desert, part 1. #DesertModernism

@JCNB1 It is indeed. Fantastic building…

@BerlinModerne This is Tempelhof, right? A true gem.

Books and brutalism. Bodo Fleischer 1975–78. #BerlinModern

Bell-tower in concrete and brick. Werner March, 1958–61. #BerlinModern

The last days of the Haus der Statistik. M. Hörner, P. Senf, J. Härter, 1968–70. #BerlinModern

The former Osram-Haus on Ernst-Reuter-Platz. Bernhard Hermkes, 1956–57. #BerlinModern

We’re back in Berlin … and ready for another year of modern delights. First stop: the ever-wonderful Staatsbibliothek. H. Scharoun, E. Wisniewski, 1967–76. #BerlinModern

Farewell to the desert. Tomorrow we return to the familiar world of post-war Berlin.

Textures of the desert, part 4. #DesertModernism

Textures of the desert, part 3. #DesertModernism

Textures of the desert, part 2. #DesertModernism

Studies in form. #DesertModernism

Berlin Modern in Palm Springs, part 6: This late masterpiece of Desert Modernism is actually in Palm Desert, a few miles down 111. It was still a bank in 2019, but now stands vacant. Architect Unknown, 1978.