The Great Pyramid Project got quite some press in more than twenty countries over the course of no more than seven months. Below you will find a selection of press coverage, mostly from international or nationwide media.
Earlier reports have been much focusing on the Dessau-Rosslau evaluation case and now read somewhat misleading. Since these stories are part of the project´s evolution, we still leave them on the list.
Tuesday, 15.March.2016
SVZ.de, Germany
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Sunday, 13.March.2016
Konstantin Marrach, BZ, Germany
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Monday, 30.July.2012
"Die Künstler Ingo Niermann und Erik Niedling verfolgen hartnäckig die Idee von Großpyramiden in Deutschland. Es könnte sich lohnen – wenn es erlaubt wird."
Michael Bartsch, taz, Germany
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Friday, 22.June.2012
"Das größte Grab der Geschichte soll in Thüringen stehen, eine Vision von Erik Niedling und Ingo Niermann."
Kito Nedo, Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany
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Thursday, 24.April.2008
"Eikongraphia presents in details the outcomes of the Great Pyramid architectural competition on the following pages:
TGP 1: Hirsch, Lorch, Miessen
TGP 2: Weiwei, Fake
TGP 3: Bow-Wow
TGP 4: MADA s.p.a.m.
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Eikongraphia.com, Eikongraphia.com
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Thursday, 10.April.2008
"Dieser Entwurf ist von gesamtgesellschaftlicher Relevanz, mit ihm wird ein Schlussstrich unter die Jugendkultur gezogen."
Doris Kleilein, Bauwelt, Germany
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Sunday, 06.April.2008
"Dos excéntricos alemanes pretenden levantar una pirámide gigante que sirva de "tumba a toda la humanidad". Este proyecto faraónico albergaría cinco millones de bloques de cemento para otras tantas urnas funerarias y se podría ver incluso desde el espacio."
El Mundo, Spain
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Friday, 04.April.2008
"Monumental et bon marché à la fois", ce "tombeau ouvert à toutes les nations et à toutes les religions" pourrait bien voir le jour à Dessau, à une centaine de kilomètres au sud-ouest de Berlin, selon les deux compères."
Guerric Poncet, Le Point, France
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Thursday, 13.March.2008
"Snar kan du bli begraven som en egyptisk farao. Du och nagra miljoner andra. En monumental gravpyramid ska byggas pa den tyska landsbygden."
Tomas Lundin, Metro, Sweden
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Thursday, 13.March.2008
"I ty mozesz zostac pochowany jak Faraon"
DZIENNIK, DZIENNIK, Poland
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Thursday, 13.March.2008
"Eine Pyramide soll ein großes Monument der Gleichheit werden."
MDR, Germany
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Thursday, 13.March.2008
"Seit dreitausend Jahren, so der als Jurymitglied anwesende Stararchitekt Rem Koolhaas, geht es mit den Architekten bergab."
Ingeborg Harms, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
Wednesday, 12.March.2008
"It sounds like an absurd idea. The plan is to build a massive pyramid, filled with human remains, on a windswept field near the city of Dessau, eastern Germany. "We're doing this because the world wants it," said Jens Thiel, one of the initiators of the project."
Tristana Moore, BBC, United Kingdom
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Wednesday, 12.March.2008
"It sounds like an absurd idea. The plan is to build a massive pyramid, filled with human remains, on a windswept field near the city of Dessau, eastern Germany. "We're doing this because the world wants it," said Jens Thiel, one of the initiators of the project."
Tristana Moore, BBC, United Kingdom
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Wednesday, 12.March.2008
"Duitsland bouwt het grootste massagraf ter wereld. Een piramide van maximaal 578 meter hoog met ruimte voor de restanten van 100 miljoen mensen."
Lorianne van Gelder, De Pers, Netherlands
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Wednesday, 12.March.2008
"Die Initiatoren des Projektes hoffen das sich Menschen aus aller Welt in Sachsen-Anhalt beisetzen lassen."
Oliver Kranz, Deutschlandfunk, Germany
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Wednesday, 12.March.2008
"The Great Pyramid"
Doris Kleilein, Bauwelt, Germany
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Tuesday, 11.March.2008
"Große Gala im Berliner Hebbel-Theater. Der Sieger-Entwurf für eine Pyramide der besonderen Art sollte vorgestellt werden. Für das kleine Dorf Streetz bei Dessau planen der Schriftsteller Ingo Niermann und der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Jens Thie eine 578 Meter hohe Pyramide, die man auch vom All aus sehen kann. Ein Denkmal für die Gattung Mensch."
3Sat, Germany
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Wednesday, 20.February.2008
"Viele Dessauer hielten das Thema bereits für erledigt. Doch seit heute ist die Riesenpyramide wieder im Gespräch."
Uwe Freitag, Bild Halle, Germany
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Tuesday, 25.December.2007
"In de Duitse stad Dessau zijn de plannen voor De Grote Piramide gisteren met een muziekfestival in de verf gezet. De initiatiefnemers staat niets minder dan het grootste gebouw ter wereld voor ogen."
Peter De Backer, Het Volk Nieuwsblad, Belgium
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Friday, 23.November.2007
"In Sachsen-Anhalt, in Streetz, einem Dorf der Gemeinde Dessau-Rosslau, soll eine Pyramide als riesige Grabstätte entstehen. Nicht gleich ganz groß und auf einmal, sondern Grab für Grab oder auch nur Gedenkstein für Gedenkstein. Ein Monument mit Wachstumspotenzial. Jeder soll mitmachen dürfen bei der künftigen Weihestätte der Egalität."
Harry Nutt, Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany
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Wednesday, 21.November.2007
"Eine "Todespyramide" könnte bald das Dörfchen Streetz überschatten Für das kleine Dorf Streetz bei Dessau planen der Schriftsteller Ingo Niermann und der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Jens Thiel das größte Bauwerk der Welt: eine 578 Meter hohe Pyramide, die man auch vom All aus sehen kann. In dieser Pyramide sollen fünf Millionen Tote ihre letzte Ruhe finden - ganz so wie bei den alten Ägyptern. Der globale Friedhof - was wahnwitzig klingt - steht schon kurz vor der Umsetzung. Doch das Dörfchen Streetz will von all dem nichts wissen."
Clemens Riha/Katja Riha, 3Sat, Germany
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Wednesday, 21.November.2007
"Dessau-Rosslau Germany is headlining a remarkable project that pays homage to antiquity?s ancient pastime of monument building. Reinvigorated by strong economic growth, Germany has aggressive plans in place to further fuel the development of the once defunct area that was eastern Germany. The preliminary plans as outlined on the project?s official website are to construct the largest structure in the world. The new pyramid will serve as a living monument to people of any race or religion."
Greg Molyneux
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Sunday, 18.November.2007
"German entrepreneurs are planning to outstrip the ancient Egyptians by building the world?s largest pyramid"
Tony Paterson, The Independent, United Kingdom
Sunday, 04.November.2007
"Ma il progetto funerario più ambizioso è certamente quello portato avanti dal club Amici della Grande Piramide. Alla base di tutto l?idea di versare le proprie ceneri, anziché in un?urna, dentro a un blocco di cemento di 90x60x60 cm, colorabile e illustrabile a piacere, che vada ad aggiungersi a quelli di tutti gli altri fautori dell?iniziativa, arrivando a dar forma, blocco dopo blocco e defunto dopo defunto, a una variopinta piramide dalle dimensioni sesquipedali"
Alessandro Melazzini, Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy
Saturday, 03.November.2007
"Una asociación alemana proyecta una pirámide gigantesca, que albergaría en sus módulos de hormigón las cenizas de miles de personas de cualquier país y religión"
GUILLEM SANS MORA, Il Publico, Italy
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Monday, 29.October.2007
"La costruzione sarà alta 500metri, più di tre volte la tomba di Cheope, e conterrà 5milioni di urne.Attorno al colossalemonumento sorgeranno alberghi, ristoranti e negozi.Ma la gente del postomugugna"
SalvoMazzolini, Il Giornale, Italy
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Sunday, 28.October.2007
"In what I thought at first was a very late or early April fool?s joke, a press announcement from Germany arrived in my inbox proclaiming ?On the drawing board: the great pyramid of Germany.? I read on intrigued by this bizarre proclamation."
Nigel J. Hetherington, Daily News Egypt, Egypt
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Saturday, 20.October.2007
"Milan, October 2047. It was first in 2006 that Ingo Niermann, 78, described in his book Umbauland ? Zehn deutsche Visionen (Remodel Nation ? Ten German Visions) the idea of the Great Pyramid ? a monumental tomb for possibly everyone. For the last 17 years, the Great Pyramid has been the largest building (according to volume) in the world."
Abitare, Italy
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Thursday, 04.October.2007
"High-profile architecture firms have submitted plans; a design jury, headed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, has been recruited"
Cameron Abadi, Financial Times United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 03.October.2007
"A precise copy of the Khufu Pyramid - only four times as large."
ELLE Decoration, Russia
Tuesday, 02.October.2007
"A pyramid-shaped mass grave so big that it can be seen from outer space."
Johanna Adorjan, Frankfurter Allgmeine Sonntagszeitung, Germany
Monday, 01.October.2007
"Unconventional and outsize, architectural burial site concepts could indicate a new trend. They are extravagant and eccentric, but two human burial and memorial sites, one in Germany and one near Miami, are in the works. Each is massive in scale and offers a final resting place that is far from ordinary."
Stephani L. Miller, ARCHITECT Magazine, United States
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Monday, 01.October.2007
"Der kleine Dessau-Roßlauer Stadtteil Streetz staunte Bauklötzer. Eben noch am Rande der medialen Wahrnehmung, ritten Anfang September Heerscharen von Journalisten in die dörfliche Idylle ein. Grund: Eine Pyramide. "
Leo - Das Anhalt Magazin, Germany
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Sunday, 30.September.2007
"Aufregung in Streetz - einem 240-Seelen-Dorf bei Dessau: Auf einem Acker soll eine Pyramide gebaut werden. Die Streetzer wehren sich gegen das "potenziell größte Bauwerk der Menschheit". Und merken nicht, was eigentlich vor sich geht."
Maxim Kireev, ZDF Heute, Germany
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Friday, 28.September.2007
"Um economista e um escritor planejam a construção da maior pirâmide do mundo no leste da Alemanha."
Marcelo Crescenti, BBC Brasil, Brasil
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Monday, 24.September.2007
"In Sachsen-Anhalt könnte das größte Bauwerk der Menschheitsgeschichte entstehen: Eine gewaltige Pyramide als Grabmal für Millionen. Die Idee ist kolossal - nur die Ostdeutschen spielen mal wieder nicht mit."
Benjamin Prüfer, Financial Times Deutschland, Germany
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Tuesday, 11.September.2007
"Höher als die Cheops-Pyramide soll die Begräbnisstätte sein, die ein Erfurter Verein in Dessau bauen will. Für die Pyramide sind schon Reservierungen aus aller Welt eingegangen, dabei ist sie bis jetzt nur eine Idee. Der Dessauer Stadtrat mag sich dafür nicht erwärmen und stimmte dagegen."
Karsten Jauch, Thüringer Allgemeine, Germany
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Monday, 10.September.2007
"Verein will bei Dessau-Roßlau eine riesige Begräbnisstätte errichten / Unterstützung von Architekt Koolhaas und Designerin Prada. Eine Pyramide, vielleicht einmal mehr als 500 Meter hoch, gebaut aus der einbetonierten Asche der Toten dieser Erde. Wo ? In Sachsen-Anhalt. Wo sonst, ist man geneigt anzufügen."
Oliver Schlicht, Volksstimme, Germany
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Sunday, 09.September.2007
"A German company, the ?Friends of the Great Pyramid?, are planning to immortalize the common man by building the largest pyramid (and structure) in the history of mankind. This building will be a real tomb but, to the masses rather than to one man. As people buy a ?spot? or block, the structure will rise, dwarfing the ancient Egyptian Pyramid at Giza. Get yours today for only $960USD."
Trendhunter, United States
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Saturday, 08.September.2007
"We are Pharaoh"
Benjamin Prüfer, Financial Times Deutschland, Germany
Saturday, 08.September.2007
"THE pharaohs set the standard but German entrepreneurs hope to challenge Egypt's pre-eminence in monumental self-indulgence by building the world's biggest pyramid."
Bojan Pancevski, The Telegraph, Australia
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Friday, 07.September.2007
"Rem Koolhaas - the architect with the last word, even with this pyramid."
Il Público, Spain
Friday, 07.September.2007
"The Great Pyramid"
Gizmodo Japan, Gizmodo Japan, Japan
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Thursday, 06.September.2007
"Giving new meaning to the phrase "we will bury you," a group of Germans has decided to build a new Great Pyramid that's ten times the size and more than twice the height of the original at nearly 2000 feet tall. A group of German builders has gotten together with Dutch architect Rem Koolhaus for a huge project that aims to build a communal tomb for anyone, not just pharoahs."
Charlie White, Germans Plan Colossal New Great Pyramid, Germany
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Thursday, 06.September.2007
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membrana, Membrana, Russia
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Thursday, 06.September.2007
"Izr?d?s, ka ne tikai latvie?i ir saspiedu?ies ar jauniem pasaules br?numiem (pasaules siena). Ar? v?cie?i. Vi?u ideja ir ?oti l?dz?ga, bet grandioz?ka. Piram?da."
Rakst?ja K?rlis, Kakao Lituania, Lituania
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Wednesday, 05.September.2007
"The plan is pretty simple."
Lester Haines, theregister.co.uk, United Kingdom
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Wednesday, 05.September.2007
"Would our German neighbors launch the construction of Pharaonic projects?"
Thomas Giovanneti, Libération, France
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Thursday, 10.April.2008
"A German consortium has announced its plan to build the world's largest structure - a 578m-high "Giant Pyramid", designed to offer paying customers the chance to "outlast personal physical existence", as the group's website puts it. The plan is pretty simple: build a big pyramid where anyone willing to stump up about ?700 can get a burial spot."
Lester Haines, The Register, United Kingdom
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"A communal tomb open to anyone regardless of nationality or denomination."
Candace Lombardi, CNET news.com, United States of America
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"Millions of people will buy these bricks?"
BBC World Service, United Kingdom
Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"No, this is not a newspaper hoax."
Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair Germany
Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"Drömmer du om att bli begravd som en egyptisk farao? Den möjligheten kan kanske bli verklighet i framtiden - i Tyskland planerar nämligen entreprenörer att bygga världens största pyramid och skapa en gigantisk gravplats."
Tobias Olsson, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"German entrepreneurs have proposed building a massive burial pyramid near the town of Dessau. But the complex would hold not just the bodies of a select few, but of millions of people."
DW staff (als), Deutsche Welle, Germany
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"The German town of Dessau, home of the Bauhaus, may someday construct its own Great Pyramid. "The pharaohs may have set the standard," the Telegraph reports, "but German entrepreneurs are hoping to challenge Egypt's pre-eminence in monumental selfindulgence by building the world's largest pyramid."
BLDG, BLDG Blog
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"Noch sind die "Freunde der Großen Pyramide" weit von der Umsetzung ihrer Pläne entfernt. Es darf aber schon mal gefeiert werden."
Eckhart Nickel, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"A group in Dessau, Germany, has received funds and famed architect Rem Koolhaas as an adviser in its quest to build the world's largest structure. Dubbed a "monument for all of us" the new "Great Pyramid," which is estimated would take about 30 years to complete, would be about 1,900 feet tall and 10 times larger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt, according to the Great Pyramid's Web site."
Candace Lombardi, USA Today, United States
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Tuesday, 04.September.2007
"The idea of a couple of entrepreneurs from Dessau in eastern Germany is to make the biggest pyramid ever by stacking concrete square urns, each measuring a square meter and costing an estimated 700 euros. In the next decennia the pyramid would grow stone by stone to a height of about 450 meters, dwarfing the great Egyptian pyramids."
Eikongraphia.com, Eikongraphia.com
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"The mother of all pyramids."
Paolo Emilio Petrillo, La Stampa, Italy
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"Everyone wants to be buried as Pharaoh in the world's largest pyramid."
Hans Marius Tonstad, Aftenposten, Norway
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"Pyramid meets marketing"
Archinect.com, United States of America
Monday, 03.September.2007
"The pharaohs may have set the standard, but German entrepreneurs are hoping to challenge Egypt's pre-eminence in monumental self-indulgence by building the world's largest pyramid."
Bojan Pancevski, The Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"German entrepreneurs are planning to outstrip the ancient Egyptians by building the world's largest pyramid on a derelict site in eastern Germany ? which they claim will eventually contain the remains of millions of people in concrete burial blocks."
Tony Paterson, The Independent, United Kingdom
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"Eine gewaltige, internationale Begräbnisstätte für Verstorbene aus allen Religionen."
Dirk Decker, Bild Halle, Germany
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"The Great Pyramid"
Liberty Times, Taiwan
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Monday, 03.September.2007
"Rem Koolhaas is gekozen tot voorzitter van de jury die de architect voor de Grosse Pyramide in Dessau gaat kiezen. Het Duitse bouwwerk moet de grootste piramide aller tijden worden. Met 578 meter wordt het vele malen groter dan de Grote Piramide in Egypte."
Architectenweb Netherlands, Architectenweb Netherlands, Netherlands
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