Title

Underground cathedral: modern architecture for the billion-euro Stuttgart21 project. Two years in front of commissioning

Caption

Underground cathedral: modern architecture for the billion-euro Stuttgart21 project. Two years in front of commissioning, the shell of the new main station has been completed. The roof of the platform hall is supported by 28 so-called chalice-shaped columns. Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Date

Nov 27, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Arnulf Hettrich

Reference

BRK23G98_431

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,2Mb (3,1Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6723 x 4484 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 Building Car traffic Central Europe Construction machinery Construction site DB Dead-end station Deutsche Bahn Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic German Rail German Railway German national railway Germany Means of transport Middle Europe Modern architecture Motor vehicle No People Platform hall Rail project Railway project Republic of Germany South Germany Southern Germany Steel construction Steel constructions Steel structure Stuttgart 21 Through station Track construction Zueblin alteration architecture automobile belowground building crane building permit building site builds car cars cement cements central station concourse concrete construct construction construction company construction crane construction cranes construction equipment construction industries construction industry construction machine construction machines construction permit construction permits construction site construction sites construction work construction works constructions conversion crane cranes deserted design empty en route evening rush hour evening rush hour traffic glass hall halls heading home-going traffic infrastructure infrastructures machine machines main station main train station main train stations mobility modification modifications no one nobody on route on the road on the way on their way overhead light overhead lights passenger car passenger cars rail rail traffic railroad railroad track railway railway station railway station building railway station concourse railway track railway tracks road roads roof roofs rush hour station station building station hall stations steel steel building steel buildings street subterranean terminal station terminal stations terminus terminus station tower towers track traffic train train station train station building train station buildings train station concourse train station concourses train stations trains transport transportation transports two underground uninhabited vehicle vehicles window windows year years Stuttgart architectural style architectural styles building building project buildings commuter commuters construction project construction projects criticism means of transportation modern road traffic road transport street traffic structure Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Wuerttemberg contemporary