(Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA, Deutsche Bahn AG, Förderverein Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ in Zusammenarbeit mit Meinhard von Gerkan).: Renaissance of Railways. The City in the 21st Century. 1. Aufl.

In the icjth Century the city was fundamentally changed by railway stations and track Systems. Railway stations became, so to speak, cathedrals of mobility. The spacious constructions, deyeloped by architects and engineers alike, who thus became the inventive protagonists of modernisation, those spatial stage settings of Wanderlust and homesickness, those vera stations, big and small, even-tually diminished into mediocre places. The victorious car and the increase in air travel relegated rail travel to third division. The decline of their former appeal was accelerated by the war and then the ensuing post-war demolition craze. On the top ofthat, neither the necessary finances were to be had, nor was there a sensibility for the restoration of major landmarks of engineering and architec-tural heritage. i Just as congested motorways and streets are turning car traffic into an ordeal, rail travel is becoming more populär again, and those places of departure and arrival are becoming more attractive. In the post-war era railway stations were more or less reduced to bleak shelters for the marginalised members of society, despite efforts to rebuild and modernise. Today they are experiencing a renaissance within the network of our cities and within society as a whole. Fundamentally new or redesigned Station buildings recreate an architectural identity through constructive detail, spacious roofing and their urban context.