MODERNISIERUNG EINER IKONE

Modernizing an Icon – BMW

Gerwin Zohlen

This fascinating, full-color book looks at the refurbishment of a building that is a Munich icon and BMW’s pride and joy, the world famous “four-cylinder” tower by architect Karl Schwanzer. Despite the tower’s fame and its place in Munich’s skyline for 35 years, by 2004 it was badly in need of updating. BMW chose the prominent Hamburg architect Peter P. Schweger to work on this legendary building, in a much-watched process that had to balance contemporary safety and environmental concerns with the interests of preservationists. This volume, lucidly written by Berlin-based journalist and critic Gerwin Zohlen, documents the unusual and painstaking process, showing how Schweger solved the problems while showing respect for Schwanzer’s work.

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