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Berlin Building Developments

Key Architecture Information for the German capital, Europe

post updated 7 October 2021

Berlin

Building Developments in Berlin

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Berlin Building Developments. We cover completed buildings, new building designs and architecture competitions in the German capital. The focus is on contemporary German buildings but information on traditional architecture is also welcome.

We have 4 pages of Contemporary Berlin Architecture selections.

Berlin Architecture : news + major buildings

Berlin Buildings : A-G

Berlin Building Developments : H-N (this page)

Berlin Building Designs : O-Z

Contemporary Berlin Building Developments

Architectural designs in the German capital city, alphabetical:

Hansaviertel Buildings
Design: various architects including Gropius, Niemeyer
Hansaviertel Building
photograph © Adrian Welch
Hansaviertel Buildings – Mod. Architecture
The Hansaviertel is a small district (the smallest among Berlin’s 95 Ortsteile) between Großer Tiergarten park and the Spree River, within the central Mitte borough of Berlin. It was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a housing estate project.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Tiergarten
Design: Hugh Stubbins, Düttmann and Mocken
Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin Building Developments
image © Adrian Welch
Haus der Kulturen der Welt : Congress Hall
The building is located in the Tiergarten park and a direct neighbour of the Carillon and the new German Chancellery. It was formerly known as the Kongresshalle conference hall, a gift from the United States, designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins as a part of the International Building Exhibition.

Holocaust Memorial, Friedrichstadt, Mitte
Design: Peter Eisenman
Holocaust Memorial
picture © AW
Holocaust Memorial
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.

Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Design: Patzscke, Klotz & Partner
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin Building Developments
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin

Internationales Bau Ausstellung Buildings
Design: various architects
IBA Housing
photo © AW
IBA Housing

Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Mitte
Architect: Max Dudler
Jacob Wilhelm Grimm Zentrum
photograph © Adrian Welch
Jacob Wilhelm Grimm Zentrum

Jewish Museum building
Daniel Libeskind Architect
Jewish Museum Berlin Building Developments
picture © Bitter Bredt
Jewish Museum Berlin

Jewish Museum building extension
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Jewish Museum Berlin Building
photo © Bitter Bredt
Jewish Museum ExtensionKaiser William Memorial Church
Design: Egon Eiermann
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche
picture © IL
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche

Labels 2 Berlin, Osthafen
Design: HHF architects
Fashioncenter Labels 2
image from architect
Fashioncenter Labels 2 Building

Lichtinstallation Neuköllner Tor
Roland Stratmann / luna. lichtarchitektur
Railway underpass at Berlin-Neukölln
photo : Markus Bachmann / Roland Stratmann
Lichtinstallation Neuköllner Tor

Linkstrasse Buildings, Tiergarten
Design: Richard Rogers Partnership
Daimler Office Berlin Building Developments
picture © Adrian Welch
Linkstrasse Building

Ludwig Erhard Building, Charlottenburg
Design: Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners
Ludwig Erhard Building
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Ludwig Erhard Building

Lützowplatz Building – Flats
Design: Peter Cook & Christine Hawley
Lützowplatz Building Berlin Building Developments
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Lützowplatz – Postmodern Architecture

Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building
Stephan Braunfels
Marie Elisabeth Luders Building
picture © AW
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders Building

Mexican Embassy, Tiergarten
Architect: Francisco Serrano
Mexican Embassy Berlin Building Development
picture © IL
Mexican Embassy Building

National Gallery Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
Mies van der Rohe Architect
Neue National Galerie
photo © Adrian Welch
Berlin Gallery building – Modern Architecture

Netherlands Embassy Building
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Netherlands Embassy Berlin Building Developments
photo : Christian Richters from OMADutch Embassy Berlin

Neues Museum Redevelopment, Mitte
David Chipperfield Architects
Neues Museum Berlin
photograph : David Chipperfield Architects
Neues Museum Building

Neues Kranzler Eck Berlin, Charlottenburg
Murphy/Jahn Architects
New Kranzler Eck
image © AW
New Kranzler Eck Building

Neue Staatsbibliothek, Berlin-Tiergarten
Hans Scharoun & Edgar Wisniewski
Neue Staatsbibliothek
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Neue Staatsbibliothek

Neue Wache, Unter den Linden, Mitte
Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Neue Wache Berlin Building Developments
photo © Adrian Welch
Neue Wache

Nikolaikirche – Church of Saint Nicholas

Nikolaikirche
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Nikolaikirche

Berlin Architecture Walking Tours

Berlin Architects

Berlin Building Photos

Berlin Buildings – no images

Berlin Buildings / Projects, alphabetical:

Hesse State Representation Office, In den Ministergärten 5, mitte
2000
Michael Christl, Joachim Bruchhäuser
Hesse State Building

Die Hufeisensiedlung – Horseshoe Estate : Britz residential estate
1925-33
Bruno Taut & Martin Wagner

IBA Social Housing, Kochstrasse, Berlin
1987
Peter Eisenman

Interbau Apartment House, Altonaer Straße 4-14, Berlin-Tiergarten
1957
Oscar Niemeyer and Soares Filho

Ref. Hansaviertel Buildings

Interbau Apartment House, Händelallee 3-9, Berlin-Tiergarten
1957
Walter Gropius, TAC with Wils Elbert

James Simon Gallery, Museum Island
2007-
David Chipperfield

Japanese-German Center of Berlin, Saargemünder Straße 2, Dahlem
1985-88
Kisho Kurokawa
Located far southwest from centre

Kammermusiksaal, Matthaikirchstrasse 3, (Kulturforum) Berlin-Tiergarten
1987
Hans Scharoun
see Philharmonie Building

Karl Lemke House, Oberseestr. 60, Hohenschönhausen (far east from centre)
1932
Design: Mies van der Rohe

Köthenerstrasse, nr Potsdamerplatz
2002
Giorgio Grassi + Schweger & Partner + Jürgen Sawade; Diener & Diener
Giorgio Grassi 1993 competition win

Mossehaus, Schutzenstrasse 18-25, south of Mitte
1922
Erich Mendelsohn

Museum Island Masterplan

Design: David Chipperfield Architects

Neues Museum, Bodestraße 3, Mitte (on Museum Island)
1843-55
Design: Friedrich August Stüler

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Location: Berlin, Germany, Europe

Buildings near the city

Hennigsdorf Town Hall, nr Berlin
2003
Sauerbruch Hutton

Einstein Tower, Potsdam, southwest of Berlin
Erich Mendelsohn, Architect
Modern Berlin Architecture

Buildings / photos for the Berlin Architecture Developments page welcome