Colonnade and curtain wall define a wide walkway along the south edge of the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany.
Photo: Alexander Finger

At the Museum of Modern Literature, the structural rhythm of the inner glass curtain wall echoes the concrete colonnade.
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West elevation drawing.
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East-west section drawing
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The Stirling Prize jury lauded the Museum's materials palette.
Photo: Alexander Finger

Dark wood provides a contrast to the predominant light concrete.
Photo: Alexander Sperl

The alignment of the dark wood veneer is vertical in some locations and horizontal in others.
Photo: Alexander Sperl

A lower-level gallery space at the Museum of Modern Literature.
Photo: Alexander Sperl

An exterior stair.
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The Museum of Modern Literature sits on a hill overlooking the Neckar river valley in Germany.
Photo: Alfred Wein