: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, formerly known as the Kongresshalle conference hall, a gift from the United States, designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins as a part of the International Building Exhibition. . The hall was rebuilt in its original style and reopened in 1987 in time for the 750-year anniversary of the founding of Berlin. To Berliners it is also known as the Schwangere Auster (“pregnant oyster”). . #modernismtour_berlin #architecture #modernarchitecture #modernismtour #modernism #gifteconomy #colonialmodernity #publicspaces_berlin #transformationofpublicspace #publicspace #urbanism_berlin #urbantransformations #easternberlin #berlin #city . . . ©insularmodernities . (at Haus der Kulturen der Welt) https://www.instagram.com/p/BeqFT20ns7g/?igshid=1tdt081kuq2a8