May 9–Jul 12, 2025

Staatsaffäre Architektur

Address
Ostwall 7, 44135 Dortmund
Hours
Tue–Sun 2–5 pm Thu 2–8 pm

How does construction administration function as part of state administration? How must it be structured to operate quickly and within budget? - These questions, among others, are the focus of the exhibition "State Affair Architecture: From the Prussian Construction Administration to the Reich Construction Administration 1670-1933," which can be seen from May 9th to July 12th in the garden hall of the Baukunstarchiv NRW. "State Affair: Architecture" addresses the relationship between administration and building culture: The exhibition provides a detailed analysis of the Prussian Building Administration and the Reich's building administration from 1770 to 1933, as examples; it also provides perspectives on Germany, France, and Austria.

Opening: May 8, 2025, 7 p.m.