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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Albert Speer Architecture 1932-1942

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Written by Leon Krier, Preface by Robert A. M. Stern Architect Léon Krier asks, “Can a war criminal be a great artist?” Speer...
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Newly released drawings reveal Adolf's plans for Munich filled with gargantuan buildings

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Although he will go down in history as one of the most evil and destructive dictators of all time, Hitler saw himself as a creative soul....
Monday, March 28, 2016

Nazi party rally grounds: An expansive field, known as Zeppelinfield, which played host to military rallies.

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Far off in the distance, you can barely make out a swastika in the middle of an all-white ledge. That's where Adolf Hitler delivered ...

German pavilion: A towering monolith built for the 1937 international expo in Paris.

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Initially, Hitler wanted nothing to do with the 1937 world expo , but with Speer's reassurance that the German pavilion would leave s...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Neo-Classical Power Architecture

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The Great German Art exhibition was housed in a purpose-built museum, designed in the style of an antique temple by the architect P...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Hitler’s Berlin’

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HITLER'S BERLIN: ABUSED CITY By Thomas Friedrich Yale University Press, $40, 480 pages Adolf Hitler had a love-hate relationshi...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Hitler’s forgotten attempt to build the world’s largest Olympic stadium

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George Dvorsky On September 7, 1937, German construction workers laid the cornerstone for what was to become the world's larges...