Archinect - News 2024-11-23T21:39:47-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150291524/nuremberg-plans-to-convert-monumental-nazi-era-relic-into-a-concert-venue Nuremberg plans to convert monumental Nazi-era relic into a concert venue Josh Niland 2021-12-17T17:53:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/2598524cf11f30384242ee01ce174ce0.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>One of the most significant pieces to the architectural history of Hitler&rsquo;s reign is now set to be converted into a concert venue in a controversial decision currently making waves in the second-largest city in Bavaria.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/former-nazi-rally-building-to-serve-as-opera-house/a-60126565" target="_blank"><em>DW</em></a>&nbsp;is reporting that the infamous Nuremberg Congress Hall building, which is part of Hitler&rsquo;s planned <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1891962/nazi-party-rally-grounds" target="_blank">Nazi party rally grounds complex</a>, will serve as the new temporary home of the Nuremberg State Theater following a city council decision Wednesday.</p> <p>The cultural venture would join another recent adaptive reuse plan from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/327/mvrdv" target="_blank">MVRDV</a> that will transform a portion of Berlin&rsquo;s erstwhile Tempelhof Airport into a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150288166/mvrdv-unveils-plans-for-a-revamped-bufa-campus-in-berlin" target="_blank">local film academy campus</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Ludwig and Franz Ruff-designed building&rsquo;s construction was never completed as Nazi officials struggled to finance it and other ambitious construction projects in the build up of armaments for World War II. The building is currently administered by the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds (<em>Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgel&auml;...</em></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150137603/nuremberg-will-stop-nazi-rally-grounds-from-further-decay-but-won-t-restore-them Nuremberg will stop Nazi rally grounds from further decay but won't restore them Alexander Walter 2019-05-20T13:39:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2d/2d5318a11b134c972bd8ece14cf019c6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Should a modern democracy preserve an architecture and landscape designed to glorify the 20th century&rsquo;s most infamous dictator? And, if the answer is yes, how? The city of Nuremberg has grappled with these questions for years. It is now about to embark on an &euro;85m plan to conserve the vast Nazi party rally grounds designed by Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s architect Albert Speer.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The enormous former Nazi party rally complex, with its Zeppelin Grandstand centerpiece, has been decaying for decades but&mdash;preserved and presented in the appropriate manner&mdash;could serve as a highly relevant educational landmark. <br></p> <p>"We won&rsquo;t rebuild, we won&rsquo;t restore, but we will conserve," <em>The Art Newspaper </em>quotes Nuremberg&rsquo;s chief culture official, Julia Lehner, saying. "It is an important witness to an era&mdash;it allows us to see how dictatorial regimes stage-manage themselves."<br></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/81150861/nuremberg-to-spend-70-million-on-re-building-nazi-rally-grounds Nuremberg to spend €70 million on re-building Nazi rally grounds Archinect 2013-09-05T18:50:00-04:00 >2021-12-17T17:39:52-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/18b666d663fd78bb0ab53cca5363a560?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Nuremberg plans to spend up to 70 million euro restoring the sprawling complex used by Adolf Hitler for his mass rallies, as debate continues in Germany over what to do with Nazi-era architecture. &ldquo;This is a job of national importance, we cannot take it on alone,&rdquo; said Ulrich Maly, the Social Democrat mayor of the Bavarian city, who added he would ask for federal funds to complete the project.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>