In 1989, the infamous Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Our TV screens filled with images of east Berliner crossing through the smallest of gaps before both countries made the opening of the border official. Today, the Brandenburg Gate does not stand in the middle of a dead zone, but in the heart of the renewed city. Facing a Starbuckís Coffee, and a pedestrian zone.

Germany is the largest country of the European Community. Yet it is facing a terrible economical crisis. Berlin has re acquired itís status as a capital. It has drawn major investors (Sony and Universal set there European headquarters there). Given birth to some architectural extr...