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Munich features a wide and diverse array of modern architecture, although strict height limitations for buildings have limited the construction of skyscrapers. Most high-rise buildings are clustered at the northern edge of Munich, like the Hypo-Haus , the Arabella High-Rise Building , the Highlight Towers , Uptown Munich and the BMW ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Munich" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 276 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Neuschwanstein was designed by Christian Jank, a theatrical set designer, which possibly explains the fantastical nature of the resulting building. The architectural expertise, vital to a building in such a perilous site, was provided first by the Munich court architect Eduard Riedel and later by Georg von Dollmann, son-in-law of Leo von Klenze.
New Town Hall. Marienplatz was named after the Mariensäule, a Marian column erected in its centre in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation. Today the Marienplatz is dominated by the New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side, and the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus, a reconstructed Gothic council hall with a ballroom and tower) on the east side.
The Glyptothek (German: [ɡlʏptoˈteːk] ⓘ) is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- glypto-"sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container").
It is by far the largest collection of architectural exhibits in Germany. The main exhibition rooms of the museum are located in the same building as the Pinakothek der Moderne , with an additional branch office, called the Architekturmuseum Schwaben (Architecture Museum of Swabia), located in Augsburg .
Center of Munich's Old Town with the Marienplatz, Old and New Town Hall, St. Peter and the Frauenkirche. The Munich Old Town is part of the Bavarian capital Munich and has belonged to the city the longest, even if some places which are meanwhile districts of Munich, were mentioned long before Munich's documents spoke of the Old Town.
It was designed by Karl von Fischer, with the 1782 Odéon in Paris as architectural precedent. [1] Construction began on 26 October 1811 but was interrupted in 1813 by financing problems. [2] In 1817 a fire occurred in the unfinished building.