Junius Wilhelm Opatz Architectural Guide Frankfurt 1970-1979

FRANKFURT 1970–1979 presents ten remarkable buildings of exceptional quality, supplemented by two additional highlights from the decade and an obituary for the former Deutsche Bank headquarters. In addition to the skyscrapers that dominate the Frankfurt skyline, the book also presents luxurious residential complexes, private homes, and the heavily guarded administrative building of the Deutsche Bundesbank. The buildings also include a gigantic hall belonging to Deutsche Lufthansa - known only to those arriving by air - the city's secret landmark designed by Egon Eiermann, and an early example of the currently popular “green building.” Well-known architects, art historians, music journalists, and design theorists expand our view of the decade after the post-war boom with their essays. Introduced by a foreword by architecture critic Ingeborg Flagge, the journey through time is accompanied by Frankfurt photographer Georg Dörr, who takes a close look at the rough, brutalist, and yet often very elegant architecture of the third post-war decade.