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Christo & Jeannc-Claude Wrappod Reichstag Berlin, Germany, 1971-95 O Christo 1995 Photo: Wolfgang Volz Morę than twenty years of effort were necessary for Christo & Jeanne-Claude to obtain the necessary authorizations to wrap the Reichstag. Once they succeeded, millions came to see the once and futurę German parliament trans-formed, if only briefly, into a work of art. Sir Norman Poster has now undertaken the task of returning the building to its original use.