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Pumping Station in Bochum
This small pumping station at the centre of the West Park in Bochum – formerly the location of a steelworks – is situated immediately behind the Cente...
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Church conversion in Essen
Between 2004 and 2009 alone, eighteen Catholic and three Protestant churches in the city of Essen closed their doors for good. The main factors have i...
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Report: Ruhr 2010 – Three New Museums in the Ruhr Area
As one of the European Capitals of Culture for 2010, the Ruhr area is presenting its transformation from an industrial region based on coal and steel ...
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Reports: A Hundred Days at the “Zollverein” – Architecture and Design at Europe’s Most Attractive Coal Mine
Coal was mined and processed at the “Zoll-verein” for 136 years, down to its closure in 1986. With the construction of the Zollverein School and the o...
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Technology: Integrated Planning of The Zollverein School of Management and Design
What was once the largest colliery in the world is now being redeveloped according to a master plan by Rem Koolhaas/OMA. Many of the buildings at the ...
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Heinrich-Böll-Square and Cologne Philarmonia
As a visual expression of our earnest concern we refrained from building up the open area left between the cathedral and the Rhine after the destructi...
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