Unfinished Metropolis. 2 vol.

Unfinished Metropolis: Volume 1: 100 Years of Urban Planning for Greater Berlin / Volume 2: International Urban Planning Competition for Berlin-Brandenburg 2070. Perspectives from Europe
The ‘new urban municipality of Berlin’, also called Greater Berlin, was created 100 years ago, on 1 October 1920, following a ground-breaking administrative reform. This was a century-defining milestone that transformed Berlin into a world city.
The two volumes of Unfinished Metropolis are dedicated to the past and future of Greater Berlin.

The old city of Berlin was merged with 7 other cities, 59 rural communities, and 27 estate districts. As a result, the city’s area increased from 66 to 878 square metres, its population from 1.9 to 3.9 million people, virtually overnight. But Greater Berlin did not remain a fixed entity. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, new planning and development projects continued to transform the greater urban area, which has grown, seemingly without end, far beyond the boundaries of Berlin.