Dominik Gehl

16/12/2023

Enjoy visiting this fun exhibition in London right now ! You might even discover one of my photos from Lausanne 😁

Take a journey around the AWA exhibition in London world through the photography, inspired by the iconic Wes Anderson's style. 200+ curated photos to enjoy!

04/11/2023

One of the most iconic architectural landmarks in Barcelona is the Sagrada Familia, the stunning basilica designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. This masterpiece of modernist architecture has been under construction since 1882. It is the largest unfinished Catholic Church in the world and a UNESCO world heritage site.

28/10/2023

The concert hall Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona was designed by Spanish architect Lluís Domènech I Montaner for the choral society Orfeó Català. Construction of the building in the Catalan modernist style started in 1905 and the Palau de la Música was inaugurated on February 9, 1908.

18/09/2023

The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche was build between 1891 and 1895 to plans by Franz Schwechten. With a height of 113 meters, its tower was the highest in Berlin. Heavily damaged during World War II, the tower ruins were preserved as a memorial against war. It was completed between 1959 and 1963 with a modernist building ensemble to plans by Egon Eiermann.

07/09/2023

The Jüdisches Museum Berlin | Jewish Museum Berlin is the largest Jewish Museum in Europe and was inaugurated in September 2001. The museum's main entrance is located inside the Kollegienhaus, built in 1735 according to plans by Philipp Gerlach. The extension building was designed by Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind and features a titanium-zinc facade, unusually shaped windows and many sharp angles.

04/09/2023

The plans for the Pergamonmuseum in were originally developed by German architect by Alfred Messel between 1907 and 1909. After his death, the museum was built in a slightly simplified form by Ludwig Hoffmann. It was inaugurated in 1930.

19/08/2023

Berlin's Flughafen Tempelhof was built between 1936 and 1941 to plans by Ernst Sagebiel in order to replace a prior terminal building having become too small for the growing air traffic. Conceived for up to 6 million passengers per year, it became not only one of Europe's longest buildings with a length of 1.2 km, but also for a short time, the worlds largest building with a total surface area of over 300,000 square meters. It has enough space for over 9,000 offices !
Tempelhof airport was heavily used during the Berlin Airlift between June 1948 and May 1949. At times, it saw planes landing and departing every 90 seconds !
The last plane landed at Tempelhof in 2008. The airport building can now be visited through guided tours.

18/08/2023

The Berlin Marriott Hotel is located right next to Potsdamer Platz and was designed by German architect Bernd Albers. It was built between 2000 and 2004. The 11 stories and 35 meters high hotel has 380 rooms.

13/08/2023

The Altes Museum in Berlin was built between 1825 and 1830 to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It is one of the main works of German classicism and was officially inaugurated on August 3, 1830.

03/08/2023

The House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt - HKW) is an exhibition space in Berlin for international contemporary art. It was founded in 1989 and is located inside the former Berlin Congress Hall.

The Congress Hall was built between 1956 and 1957 on the initiative of Eleanor Dulles, responsible for Berlin at the American State Department, as a contribution to the Interbau 1957 International Building Exhibition. It was designed by American architect Hugh Stubbins.

28/07/2023

The Gropius Bau was built between 1877 and 1881 to plans by Martin Gropius for den Berlin Arts and Crafts Museum. The palace-like four-storey building in the Italian Renaissance style has an almost square floor plan.