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Office & tower · Late modernism

BMW Headquarters (BMW Tower) and BMW Museum

Karl Schwanzer · Munich, Germany · 1973

Key featuresFour linked cylinders like an engine, hung from a central support tower; beside it, the museum's round 'cylinder head'.

Architect
Karl Schwanzer
Place
Munich, Germany
Year
1973
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Europe
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