Tuesday, April 17, 2007

munich, olympic park

Günther Behnisch designed this complex for the 1972 Olympics with Frei Otto as structural engineer and Günther Grzimek as landscape architect. The three design forces meld with a sensibility that seems more contemporary than historical. Adjacent, Coop Himmelb(l)au's slowly emerging and heavily digitized BMW museum (visible to the right of the tower) will be hard pressed to compete.