An imposing assembly of internationally acclaimed architects is at work to find new solutions for the ten buildings that once defined the site, among them the American embassy. A visit with the principals of seven architectural practices at the sites of their best work to date in many parts of Germany. The eleven architects, all born after World War II, give insight into the situation of architecture and the architect in Germany today, a country which played a key role in the advance of modernism. The consensus among the architects is hope for a future when architecture can regain the creative dynamism that prevailed in the 1920's, the heyday of the Bauhaus. While the quality of today's work is extremely high, the underlying ideas come largely from abroad.
Technology is in the foreground at the universities, at the expense of artistic experimentation.
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