Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum)

Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum) Review

The Deutsche Architekturmuseum is housed in a late 19th-century villa, which was converted in the early 1980s to a design by Cologne-based architect Oswald Mathias Ungers. He created five levels from the simple basement space with its visible load-bearing structure to the walled complex of the ground floor and the complete house within a house on the third floor. The museum harbors a wealth of documents pertaining to the history of architecture and conducts contemporary debates on the future of the built environment. Each year, several major and numerous smaller exhibitions highlight issues in architectural history and current topics in architecture and urban design. A recently opened permanent exhibt features the most comprehensive collection of model panoramas in the history of German architecture.