Reframing Berlin: Architecture, Memory-Making and Film Locations

Christopher S. Wilson is an architecture and design historian at Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA. He is also the "scholar-in residence" of the non-profit Architecture Sarasota. Gul Kacmaz Erk is a senior lecturer in architecture at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. She is also the founding director of CACity (Cinema and Architecture in the City), Collaborative Research Group.

Foreword Kathleen James-Chakraborty Introduction Berlin: The Remembered City Urban Memory Urban Strategies Memory in Berlin Filmstadt Berlin Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Demolition New Reich Chancellery Palace of the Republic Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Temporary Installation Escape Tunnels Wrapped Reichstag From Scratch: New Construction Sony Center Spreebogen Business or Pleasure?: Disneyfication Checkpoint Charlie Berliner Stadtschloss Cycle of Life: Mutation The Berlin Wall Potsdamer Platz Prosthetic Limbs: Supplementation The Reichstag Dome Berlin Olympic Stadium Frozen in Time: Suspension Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Topography of Terror On the Move: Relocation Grand Hotel Esplanade Victory Column Survival Instinct: Adaptation Berlin Techno Clubs Berlin Bunkers Altered States: Appropriation Berlin TV Tower Neue Wache My Precious!: Preservation The Brandenburg Gate Berlin State Opera Once upon a Time: Memorialization Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Stumbling Blocks Conclusions: Berlin: Remember When ... Berlin Lessons The Global Context Filmography Bibliography Index