Akinbode Akinbiyi: The Swiss Embassy in Berlin and Its Surroundings
A Building by Diener & Diener
Completed between 1995 and 2000, the Swiss Embassy is widely considered one of the most significant works by Diener & Diener Architects, a Basel-based practice. This book focuses on the building in its historical and urban context, as well as the everyday life that surrounds it. The volume unfolds like a single poster, with pictures on one side and texts on the other. Images by photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi capture the building, located in the historically charged area at the bend of the River Spree, next to the Reichstag and the Federal Chancellery, as well as passersby. Essays by historian and theorist Hannah Feldman and curator Adam Szymczyk round out the urban portrait.
