Tagging along with Richard's students, and after a security check that resembled the airport, I had a chance to get inside the Bundeskanzleramt a few days ago. The photo to the left gives you an idea of the size of the place. Angela Merkel, Germany's current chancellor, presides here now but the building was the pet project of Helmut Kohl, chancellor when Germany was reunited 19 years ago. A large building for a large man, so goes the story. Lots of glass, used very intentionally to suggest transparency and openness, in contrast to the heavy, fortress-like Reichstag that you can see across the way (top photo). This view of it is from one of the balconies of the Bundeskanzleramt.
Tagging along with Richard's students, and after a security check that resembled the airport, I had a chance to get inside the Bundeskanzleramt a few days ago. The photo to the left gives you an idea of the size of the place. Angela Merkel, Germany's current chancellor, presides here now but the building was the pet project of Helmut Kohl, chancellor when Germany was reunited 19 years ago. A large building for a large man, so goes the story. Lots of glass, used very intentionally to suggest transparency and openness, in contrast to the heavy, fortress-like Reichstag that you can see across the way (top photo). This view of it is from one of the balconies of the Bundeskanzleramt.
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