One thing is certain, Libeskind’s building – a giant warehouse for art, with an 11 million euro budget – will not pass unobserved. The structure, mostly glazed, could almost be defined as “cubist” with its sharp and fragmented lines - in sharp contrast with the baroque nature of the surrounding buildings, the work of Wolf Caspar von Klengel.
The coming of the new. Libeskind in Dresden
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One thing is certain, Libeskind’s building – a giant warehouse for art, with an 11 million euro budget – will not pass unobserved. The structure, mostly glazed, could almost be defined as “cubist” with its sharp and fragmented lines - in sharp contrast with the baroque nature of the surrounding buildings, the work of Wolf Caspar von Klengel.