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About the book >.>.> Meinhard von Gerkan Volkwin Marg and their partners are one of the most innovative and prolific architectural offices in Germany. In the past 30 years they have planned and constructed buildings in most major German cities and their style has influenced many architects working in Asia. The range of their projects is however not limited to any one type of building. They have designed small scale homes the interior of Germany’s high speed train – the ICE – as well as hotels theaters and concert halls office buildings commercial centers hospitals and research facilities. Von Gerkan Marg + Partners became internationally known as a team of airport architects when in 1975 they designed the Berlin/Tegel building with its drive-in airplane terminal for “stacked” parking. This innovative design has been further developed to transform the departure and arrival halls at Stuttgart and Hamburg airports. Von Gerkan Marg + Partners are internationally recognized not only for their completed projects but also for their designs. Key examples are their designs for the reconstruction of the Reichstag parliament building in Berlin and the main hall of the massive and futuristic “Lehrter Bahnhof” railway station also in Germany’s capital city. With their ambitious proposals for the urban reconstruction of Bucharest and railway projects such as “Stuttgart 21” and “Frankfurt 21” they have proven themselves as visionary urban designers and planners as well. The Architecture of von Gerkan Marg Partners presents 50 of the group’s finest and most original architectural designs. (MP)