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Dresden Central Station

Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner; roof by Foster + Partners · Dresden, Germany · 1898

Key featuresIron train-shed vaults re-covered with a translucent fabric membrane that lets daylight through.

Architect
Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner; roof by Foster + Partners
Place
Dresden, Germany
Year
1898
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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