With the EU-expansion，Luxembourg's role as neutral centre of Europe in a community no longer limited to Western Europe was no longer seriously doubted- thisfavourable general geopolitical climate was a good condition and opportunity for architecture，which Luxembourg seized during the past years with rapidly growing success as well.If it was the banks that increased Luxembourg's value during the 1980s to one of the leading financial centres of the EU almost overnight，there soon followed major，prestige-laden cultural projects such as the MUDAM，the Philharmonie and the National Library.Hardly had this expression of awakening self-confidence begun to manifest itself when，with the expansion of the EU，a new building boom descended upon the city-its third propulsion of growth.

Luxembourg is booming.No other city in the world has experienced such an upswing in importance，culture and architecture during the past two generations as the Grand Duchy.With the constitution of the European Union as the world's most important trading alliance and，increasingly，political alliance as well，the small，mediaeval city grew from the capital of a miniature state，marked by the decline of the steel industry，to the Washington of an newly invented world power.As far as city planning and architecture were concerned，the architectural vision always lagged behind the political one.For although the construction of the new part of the city on the Kirchberg plateau after the Second World War was a thoroughly utopian project in city planning，Luxembourg has always lacked the kind of designing will found in Brasilia，Canberra or other artificial capitals.

With the EU-expansion，Luxembourg's role as neutral centre of Europe in a community no longer limited to Western Europe was no longer seriously doubted- thisfavourable general geopolitical climate was a good condition and opportunity for architecture，which Luxembourg seized during the past years with rapidly growing success as well.If it was the banks that increased Luxembourg's value during the 1980s to one of the leading financial centres of the EU almost overnight，there soon followed major，prestige-laden cultural projects such as the MUDAM，the Philharmonie and the National Library.Hardly had this expression of awakening self-confidence begun to manifest itself when，with the expansion of the EU，a new building boom descended upon the city-its third propulsion of growth.

No other country of this size can offer such a density of good，internationally highprofile architects as the small Letzebuerg.

Luxembourg-City is most likely the most qlobalised small city in the world.

introduction

LX architecture

architecture at the heart of europe

constructions of a watchful society

culture work and trade

banks

education

urban development

residential

gardens and parks

pavilions

infrastructure

patrimony