Reichstag Building
The Reichstag building on Platz der Republik is Berlin’s clearest example of how Germany’s state power has been rewritten—and rebuilt—within one parliamentary shell. Construction began in 1884 and the building was completed in 1894, designed by Paul Wallot, and it served as the meeting place for the Reichstag of both the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. After it was used by the Nazi government, the Reichstag fire of 1933 badly damaged the chamber and the parliament shifted to the nearby Kroll Opera House, helping turn that day into a turning point for the Nazi regime. World War II brought further damage, and in the 1950s the structure was modernised and restored for exhibitions and special events because West Berlin kept it from functioning as a parliament. That changed when Norman Foster fundamentally redesigned it from 1995 to 1999 for a reunified Germany. …
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