Gloria Palast Berlin Building, Kleiststrasse

United Colors of Benetoon Berlin store

Gloria Palast Berlin: Kleiststrasse architecture development in Berlin design by Siegfried Fehr and Gerhard Jackel Architects, Germany, closed in 1998 – redeveloped as United colours of Benetton store

Galeries Lafayette Berlin: Jean Nouvel Building

Galeries Lafayette Berlin: Jean Nouvel Building

Galeries Lafayette Berlin, Germany: Friedrichstrasse store design by architect Jean Nouvel, Paris – retail development in German Capital located at the corner of Französische Straße, Mitte, built in 1996.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Central Station Building

Berlin Hauptbahnhof central station building

Berlin Hauptbahnhof architecture: Central Station design by Gerkan, Marg & Partners – major new German railway hub project at Invalidenstraße 53, Tiergarten, Date built: 2006. Building info & photos.

Akademie der Künste Berlin Building

Akademie der Künste Berlin building facade

Founded in 1696, is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists and has a current total of 415 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts).

Linkstrasse Buildings, Daimler Office Berlin

Linkstrasse Buildings, Daimler Office Berlin

In 1991 the city authorities opted for a conservative masterplan for the redevelopment of the devastated Potsdamer Platz quarter of Berlin (close to the former line of the Berlin Wall), rejecting more radical proposals including those initially submitted by RSHP.

Mexican Embassy Berlin Building, Architect

Mexican Embassy Berlin Building, Architect

Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. He studied at Universidad Iberoamericana until 1960. Afterwards he worked together with José Nava in the bureau of his father.

Nikolaikirche Berlin Gothic Building, Saint Nicholas

Nikolaikirche Berlin Gothic Building, Saint Nicholas

Once a church, now a museum, Nikolaikirche has been a landmark of the Berlin city centre for over 800 years. The basement floors of the twin-towered building, which are made out of natural stone, are considered to be the oldest existing rooms in Berlin.

Am Kupfergraben 10 Berlin: David Chipperfield

Am Kupfergraben 10 Berlin by David Chipperfield

David Chipperfield Architects’ gallery building Am Kupfergraben 10 in Berlin has received the first prize in the ‘office and commercial buildings’ category of the Fritz Höger Prize 2008.

Dutch Embassy Berlin, OMA for Netherlands

Dutch Embassy Berlin building design by OMA

The Netherlands, having sold their former embassy site after the War, was free to choose anew and preferred Roland Ufer in Mitte, the oldest Berlin settlement, next to the (new) government district of their main trade partner.

GSW Headquarters Berlin: Sauerbruch Hutton

GSW Headquarters Berlin: Sauerbruch Hutton

GSW Headquarters Berlin, Kreuzberg architecture development design by Sauerbruch Hutton architects, Germany: renovation + extension of HQ building for GSW Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH