Detail View: SHIMMER: Deutsches Historisches Museum

Title: 
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Caption: 
(German Historical Museum)
Creation Date: 
2003
Image Date: 
2012
Period: 
18th century ; 19th century ; 21st century
Start Date: 
1998
End Date: 
2003
Location: 
Berlin
Country: 
GERMANY
Display Creator: 
PEI, Ieoh Ming
Image ID: 
12-0137
Description: 
Interior detail: heating detail in the roof of the extension to the Historical Museum (PEI, 2003). Location: Zeughaus und Ausstellungshalle, Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin . Originally an armoury, built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries it became a military museum in the late 19th century. The contents of the German Historical Museum were transferred to this building from the Reichstag after re-unification. I.M. PEI's extension is located at the rear of the building on Hinter dem Giesshaus, see < http://g.co/maps/8yykm > .
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Related Information: 
German Historical Museum. For more information see also < http://www.dhm.de/ENGLISH/ > . PEI COBB FREED & PARTNERS. For more information see also < http://www.pcfandp.com/ > .
Photographed by: 
Liane Duxbury
Creator: 
PEI, Ieoh Ming
Creator Dates - Born: 
1917
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Chinese American.
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- Germany
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1700-1800
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 2000-2100
Subject Heading: 
Museums -- Germany
Subject Heading: 
Glass -- In architecture
Subject Heading: 
Roofs
Subject Heading: 
Heating