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  Following the post-war foundation of the two German states in 1949 – first the Federal Repbulic of Germany from the three Western Allied Occupation Zones and then the German Democratic Republic on the territory of the former Soviet Zone – the architects on both sides were confronted with the difficult task of developing distinctly different national forms of state representation. The public buildings in one German state had to distinguish themselves from those of the other. While the Federal Repbulic formally broke with the monumental architectural style of the perished Third Reich symbolically to emphasize a new beginning, the GDR believed in continuing to follow architectural traditions precisely because of its radical change in the political system. In bothe East and West Germany, the claim to represent sovereign states, and a new beginning in modesty, impeded any copying of representative building styles of the victors. Artists' Database (in German) Capital Cities  Residence and reception building of the Federal Chancellor | Bonn Architect: Sep Ruf  Palace of the Republic: People's Chamber, public foyer and large multi-purpose hall | Berlin-Mitte Architects: Heinz Graffunder with Wolf R. Eisentraut / Karl-Ernst Swora / Günter Kunert / Manfred Prasser / Heinz Aust / Dieter Bankert  Plenary Hall of the parliament of the Federal Republic | Bonn Architects: Günther Behnisch & Partner The Great Powers  Embassy of the USSR | Berlin-Mitte Architects: Anatoli Jakowlewitsch Stryshewski / Friedrich Skujin / D.D. Lebedinskij / Sichert International Representation  German Pavilion at the World Exposition of 1958 | Brussels Architects: Egon Eiermann / Sep Ruf Radio and Television  Television Tower Stuttgart Design: Fritz Leonhardt  Television Tower Berlin Architects: Fritz Dieter / Günter Franke Also in the exhibition |
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