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post updated 8 March 2026

Berlin Buildings

e-architect choose the major examples of contemporary Berlin Architecture. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions in the German capital. The focus is on contemporary German buildings.

We have 4 pages of Berlin Architecture selections.

Berlin Architecture : news + major buildings (this page)

Berlin Buildings : A-G

Berlin Building Developments : H-N

Berlin Building Designs : O-Z

Berlin Architecture News

Berlin Architecture Designs in 2025

17 September 2025
B-One Office Building, Budapester Strasse 1, City-West district
Architects: C.F. Møller Architects

photo : Franz Brück

15 August 2025
Ray Kappe Home, Kleinmachnow
Architects: Ray Kappe

photo © Jürgen Nogai

11 August 2025
Dockyard Office Building
Design: tchoban voss architects

photo : HG Esch

Major New Berlin Building Developments, chronological:

8 July 2024
Fire Department and Rescue Services Academy
Architects: HENN

image : HENN
Berlin Fire Department and Rescue Services Academy

2 May 2024
Fasanen36 Apartment Building Berlin
Design: CAMA A

photos © hiepler, brunier

17 January 2024
VILVIF Senior residence Riviera, Olympic regatta course, Berlin-Gruenau
Design: TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten

photography © Michael Moser

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Berlin Architectural Archive

Major Berlin Building Developments in 2013, chronological:

9 Sep 2013
Platoon Kunsthalle
Design: Graft Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH

photo from architect
PLATOON KUNSTHALLE is designed as an experimental space for artists and creatives, and for the members of the PLATOON NETWORK. The KUNSTHALLE hosts art projects, workshops, and events. It also presents a multitude of creative and artistic projects that clash with the regular art-institutions.

3 Sep 2013
Zoofenster Berlin
Design: Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten

photograph : Hans-Georg Esch
At just under 119 m, the Zoofenster is one of Berlin’s tallest buildings. And yet it is in no way a typical high-rise block. Instead, it is a complex, tiered structure that responds to its urban environment in a number of ways. It consists of a 22-storey block and 32-storey tower that rise above a lower block that occupies the entire plot and reflects the height and lines of the neighbouring six-storey buildings.

8 Apr 2013
New Central Library Berlin
Design: Kubota & Bachmann Architects + Martinez

image : Jigen
This is a building proposal for the Berlin Central Library. Strategically sited within the city adjacent to the new Tempelhoff Park. The new building should be viewed as a point of departure and is directly associated to the city’s commitment to future urban development within this area.

28 Feb 2013
The Square 3 Buildings, near Alexanderplatz
Architects: LAVA + Moritz Gruppe

image from architects
Three towers of gold, silver, and bronze and three diagonally shaped city blocks make up THE:SQUARE³, a new mixed use development inspired by sport that revitalises a unique urban quarter in Berlin. The project is just nine minutes from Alexanderplatz, the very heart of the city, and located near Europe’s largest urban nature reserve and a sports hot spot.

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German Capital City Property Designs in 2012

22 Nov 2012
Abandoned cabaret theatre discovered in Berlin – Gartenstraße Berlin Mitte
Design: LAVA

picture from LAVA
An old cabaret theatre from the roaring ’20s has been uncovered in the heart of Berlin. The semi-derelict music hall theatre, built in 1905 on Gartenstraße in Berlin Mitte, has been buried in 30 tonnes of rubble since 1934 when it closed, perhaps as part of a crackdown on the cabaret scene by the Nazi regime.

19 Oct 2012
Haus Potsdam-Mittelmark, near Berlin
Design: Peter Ruge Architekten

picture © Werner Huthmacher
The site lies upon a hill in a beautiful small village in the district Potsdam-Mittelmark in a fantastic scenic situation with breathtaking views over the nearby lake. The surroundings are dominated by a combination of historical and modern mansions. As many of the old large trees on the site should be kept as possible.

10 Sep 2012
Truman Plaza, Zehlendorf
Design: Wiel Arets Architects (WAA)

picture : Jan Bitter
The Truman Plaza consists of offices, retail, health and sports facilities, which together form an urban setting around a central plaza within a leafy borough on the edge of Berlin. Located in Berlin Zehlendorf, the building parallels the adjacent Clayallee and is part of a larger master plan that balances its historical urban context with its integration of a delicate onsite forest.

4 Sep 2012
H10 Berlin Hotel
Design: Architect Jan Kleihues

photo : Hagemeister
This four-star hotel building on Joachimstaler Straße off the famous Kurfürstendamm, is a successful example of the integration of modern craftsmanship reconciled with a historical architectural ensemble. An eight-story cube was added to the listed school building from 1889 by architect Jan Kleihues.

14 Jun 2012
bambooline berlin
Peter Ruge Architekten

image from architects
The bambooline berlin explores the cities urban development and proposes a new approach for the temporary, interim use of sustainable urban wasteland. A new, imaginary band complements the historically developed lines of the Berlin cityscape: the Berlin bambooline.

31 May 2012
New Apartmenthouse Johannisstraße 3, Berlin-Mitte
J. MAYER H.

photo © L Paffrath
Property development group Euroboden is realizing a unique residential building at Johannisstraße in Mitte, Berlin’s downtown district. J. MAYER H. architects’ design for the building, which will soon neighbour both Museum Island and Friedrichstrasse, reinterprets the classic Berliner residential building with its multi-unit structure and green interior courtyard.

3 Apr 2012
BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin

photo : courtesy Atelier Bow-Wow
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce that the BMW Guggenheim Lab will open in the Pfefferberg complex, in Prenzlauer Berg. This building – a temporary public space and online forum encouraging open dialogue about issues related to urban living – will offer free public programs from 15 Jun – 29 Jul 2012.

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Recent Berlin Building Designs

Oil Silo Home Berlin
pinkcloud.dk

picture from architect
The design proposal is a 100% self-supporting housing solution for the post-oil world. It’s highly structurally stable, waterproof, efficient to assemble and disassemble, and has the capacity for prefabrication and mass production.

Humboldt Box
KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike

photo : Nelson Garrido
This 27m high building seems very choking when integrated in the landscape, but it is only temporary, it will be dismantled when, in 8 years from now, its mission has been completed and when the Humboldt Forum is constructed. Holding exhibitions and events this building has also a store on the ground floor and a restaurant on the top.

Hotel nhow Berlin
nps tchoban voss

photo : Roland Halbe

Architecture in Berlin

Major Berlin Building Designs, alphabetical:

Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz
Behnisch, Behnisch + Partner

photo © AW
Akademie der Künste

AEG Turbine factory – Berlin Turbine building : Modern Architecture
Peter Behrens Architect

photograph © Isabelle Lomholt

Altes Museum Berlin, Mitte
Karl Friedrich Schinkel Architect

picture © Isabelle Lomholt

Am Kupfergraben 10 gallery building
David Chipperfield Architects

photo © Ioana Marinescu

Berlin Hauptbahnhof redevelopment of central station
Gerkan, Marg & Partners

photo © Adrian Welch

Berliner Dom Building, Mitte
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photo © AW

Brandenburg Gate
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photograph © Isabelle Lomholt

British Embassy Berlin, central west part of city
Michael Wilford and Partners

image © Adrian Welch

Daimler Financial Services Headquarters aka Debis Building, Potsdamer Platz
Renzo Piano /Christoph Kohlbecker

photograph © Adrian Welch

DZ Bank Building, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Frank Gehry Architects

picture © Isabelle Lomholt

Deutsches Historisches Museum Building
I. M. Pei – redevelopment architect

photo © AW

Nordic Embassies Buildings Complex – Embassies of the Nordic Countries
Masterplan Design : Berger + Parkkinen

picture © AW

Federal Chancellery Buildings, Tiergarten
Axel Schultes & Charlotte Frank

image © Adrian Welch

Fernsehturm – Alexanderplatz Tower building, Mitte
Hermann Henselmann / Jörg Streitparth

image © Isabelle Lomholt

Galeries Lafayette Building, Friedrichstrasse, Mitte
Jean Nouvel Architects

photo © AW

Hansaviertel Buildings – Modern Architecture
Design: various architects including Gropius, Niemeyer

photograph © Adrian Welch

Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie Building, Kreuzberg
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

image © Isabelle Lomholt

National Gallery Berlin building, Potsdamer Platz – Modern Architecture in Germany
Mies van der Rohe Architect

photo © Adrian Welch

Dutch Embassy Berlin building
Office for Metropolitan Architecture – now OMA

photo : Christian Richters from OMA

Neues Museum Building Redevelopment, Mitte
David Chipperfield Architects

photograph : David Chipperfield Architects

More modern Berlin Buildings online soon.

Location: Berlin, Germany

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