Köhren, Leonie
Ein neues Gesicht für Frankfurt: Die Bedeutung der Postmoderne für die Wiederentdeckung des Stadtraums und einer identitätsstiftenden städtischen Architektur im ausgehenden 20. Jahrhundert
By what means can it be achieved that war-ravaged German cities even decades after the end of the Second World War will find their way back to identity shaping cityscape? Against the background of the completion of the reconstruction of Frankfurt’s Old Town in 2018, this question still remains topical. The long neglected architecture of postmodernism can point to perspectives, whose qualities are still underestimated. Their significance should be specified in this study on the basis of selected Frankfurt buildings of the eighties, because the most impressive example of that diverse building culture possesses the city of Frankfurt with a whole ensemble of postmodern architecture.
