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Berlin Buildings : Architecture

Key Architectural Developments in the German Capital City, Europe

post updated 13 Feb 2020

Buildings in Berlin

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Berlin Buildings. We cover completed buildings, new building designs and architectural 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 Berlin Architecture selections.

Berlin Architecture : news + major buildings

Berlin Buildings : A-G (this page)

Berlin Building Developments : H-N

Berlin Building Designs : O-Z

Famous Berlin Buildings

Architectural designs in the capital city of Germany, alphabetical:

Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz
Design: Behnisch, Behnisch + Partner
Akademie der Künste Berlin
photo © AW
Akademie der Künste

AEG Turbine factory

Design: Peter Behrens Architect
Berlin Turbine building
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Berlin Turbine building : Modern Architecture

Altes Museum, Mitte
Design: Karl Friedrich Schinkel Architect
Altes Museum Berlin
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Altes Museum Berlin

Am Kupfergraben 10 gallery building
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
Am Kupfergraben 10 Berlin
photo © Ioana Marinescu
Am Kupfergraben 10

Austrian Embassy, Stauffenbergstraße 1
Design: Hans Hollein Architects
Austrian Embassy Berlin
image © AW
Austrian Embassy Berlin

Berlin Hauptbahnhof central station
Design: Gerkan, Marg & Partners
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
photo © Adrian Welch
Berlin Hauptbahnhof redevelopment

British Embassy, central west part of city
Michael Wilford and Partners
British Embassy Berlin
image © Adrian Welch
British Embassy Berlin

Berliner Dom, Mitte

Berliner Dom
photo © AW
Berliner Dom Building

Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Brandenburg Gate

Charlottenburg Gate

Charlottenburg Gate
picture © Adrian Welch
Charlottenburg Gate

Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie, Kreuzberg
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA
Checkpoint Charlie Building
image © Isabelle Lomholt
Checkpoint Charlie Building

Daimler Financial Services Headquarters
Renzo Piano /Christoph Kohlbecker
Debis Building
photograph © Adrian Welch
aka Debis Building, Potsdamer Platz

’Der Cube’ building, Washington Platz
3XN
Kubus Berlin
image from architect
Kubus Berlin : Architecture competition win

DZ Bank Building, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Design: Frank Gehry Architects
DZ Bank Building Berlin
picture © Isabelle Lomholt
DZ Bank Building

Deutsches Historisches Museum Building
Design: I. M. Pei – redevelopment architect
Deutsches Historisches Museum
photo © AW
Deutsches Historisches Museum

Embassies of the Nordic Countries
Masterplan Design : Berger + Parkkinen
Nordic Embassies Berlin
picture © AW
Nordic Embassies Buildings Complex

Federal Chancellery, Tiergarten
Axel Schultes & Charlotte Frank
Federal Chancellery Berlin
image © Adrian Welch
Federal Chancellery Buildings

Federal Snake Complex, Tiergarten
Design: Georg Bumiller
Federal Snake Berlin
picture © IL
Federal Snake Complex Buildings

Fernsehturm – Alexanderplatz Tower, Mitte
Hermann Henselmann / Jörg Streitparth
Berlin Tower building
image © Isabelle Lomholt
Alexanderplatz Tower building

Fernsehturm Project, Mitte
Design: JDS
Alexanderplatz tower
picture from architect
Alexanderplatz building design proposal

French Embassy, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
French Embassy Berlin
photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
French Embassy Berlin

Galeries Lafayette, Friedrichstrasse, Mitte
Design: Jean Nouvel Architects
Galeries Lafayette Berlin
photo © AW
Galeries Lafayette Building

GSW Headquarters, Kreuzberg
Sauerbruch Hutton
GSW Headquarters
picture © AW
Stirling Prize Finalist 2000

Berlin Architecture Walking Tours

Berlin Architects

Berlin Building Photos

Architecture in German Capital – No Images

Berlin Buildings / Projects, alphabetical:

Baumschulenweg Crematorium, Kiefholzstr. 221(far southeast of centre)
1996-98
Axel Schultes Architekten & Charlotte Frank
aka Treptow Crematorium

Berlin Archive Museum of Design, Klingelhöferstr. 14, south of Tiergarten
designed 1964 ; built 1976-79
Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Archiv

Bauhaus Archive Extension, Potsdamer Straße 2, Tiergarten
2005
UN Studio Architects
Located at Museum of Design Berlin

Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport
2008-11
Gerkan, Marg & Partners

Between The Lines, Berlin, Germany

Daniel Libeskind Architect

British Council, Hackescher Markt 1, Mitte
2000
Sauerbruch Hutton

DB tower, Potsdamerplatz

Murphy/Jahn Architects

Dresdner Bank

Gerkan, Marg & Partners

Fire & Police Station, Elizabeth-Abegg Straße 2, north of Tiergarten (& Spree)
2004
Sauerbruch Hutton

Friedrichstrasse-Passagen, Friedrichstrasse 71-74, Berlin-Mitte
1996
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Gloria Palast, Kleiststrasse 9-12
1948
Architects: Siegfried Fehr and Gerhard Jackel
Gloria Palast

Grand Hyatt Hotel / Office Building, Marlene- Dietrich- Platz 2, Potsdamer Platz
1993-96
Rafael Moneo Architects

More Berlin Buildings online soon

Location: Berlin, Germany

Hertzberger Architecture in the German Capital City

Berlin Housing complex – Stralauer Halbinsel
1993-97
Herman Hertzberger
Stralauer Halbinsel
photo © Uwe Rau

Lindenstrasse

Herman Hertzberger
Lindenstrasse Berlin
photo © Uwe Rau

Buildings / photos for the Berlin Architecture Developments page welcome