Young Architectural Rebels Renewed the Housing Architecture of West Berlin

Young generation of architects has rediscovered an architect couple who deviated from the mainstream of their time.

Text Tarja Nurmi

Urban Fragment Observatory (ed.): Visiting: Inken Baller & Hinrich Baller, Berlin 1966–89. Park Books, 2025. 544 pages. The book is published in both German and English editions.

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Published in 5 – 2025 - New Visions

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