The Architect · Tobias · Berlin
Nikolaiviertel
It looks medieval and is mostly 1980s prefab in disguise. Read it as GDR set-design and it becomes fascinating.
Berlin's medieval core, flattened in the war and rebuilt by the GDR for the 1987 city anniversary as a stylised 'old town'.
— Tobias, The Architect
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