Saxon Landtag (building)

Saxony Landtag
The exterior of the building
General information
Architectural style	Postmodern architecture
Town or city	Dresden
Country	Germany
Coordinates	51°03′24″N 13°43′58″E / 51.05667°N 13.73278°E / 51.05667; 13.73278Coordinates: 51°03′24″N 13°43′58″E / 51.05667°N 13.73278°E / 51.05667; 13.73278
Construction started	1991
Completed	1993
Design and construction
Architect	Peter Kulka

The Saxon Landtag (German: Sächsischer Landtag) is a building at the Bernhard von Lindenau Platz in Dresden, which serves as the seat of the landtag (state parliament) of Saxony, the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony.

Characteristics of the building are the transparency of the glass facades and the exposed steel skeleton construction. The building, which won several awards, was designed by Peter Kulka and built between 1991 and 1993, following the German reunification. A special feature of the Landtagsgebäudes is the Bürgerfoyer, where regular exhibitions take place.

After the collapse of East Germany, the Saxon Landtag had its seat from 27 October 1990 to 17 September 1993 in the Dreikönigskirche in Innere Neustadt district. Since the church was not a permanent solution, a suitable solution was sought. At first, there was no doubt that the Parliament would move back into the house on the Brühl Terrace. The Sächsisches Ständehaus, erected by Paul Wallot, the Reichstag building architect, had been at the disposal of Parliament since 1907. It was not only it's seemingly good construction, but above all the traditional relationship, that encouraged the reflections to use it again as a parliament building. However, closer scrutiny led to the realization that the museums, which had long been housed in the House of the Estates, with their important collections, were an unpredictable temporal uncertainty. Above all, however, the comparison between the use requirements of a modern parliament and the given structural requirements of 1907 suggested a different solution. Thus they decided to build a new building.

On March 20, 1991, the first realization competition for architecture in Saxony was praised. On May 28th of this year, the prize court of Winfried Sziegoleit was awarded to the architect Peter Kulka, who began the planning. On October 1, the first demolition work began, and on December 11, 1991, the first groundbreaking ceremony followed. On 19 May 1992, the foundation stone was laid and in November one already celebrated the festivals of the new buildings.