La Biennale di Venezia 2014: The Chancellor’s Bungalow at 50 – An Icon of Post-war German ­Architecture

Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, 1954
The most renowned building designed by Sep Ruf (1908 –1982) is the “Chancellor’s Bungalow” in Bonn, which from 1964 until 1999 served as the official residence of the German chancellor. When the seat of the federal government was moved to Berlin, the building disappeared from the public eye. However, in 2009, following a three-year refurbishment, this important link to the...
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, 1954