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Berlin Buildings : Architecture
Key Architectural Developments in the German Capital City, Europe.
post updated 3 December 2024
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.
Buildings in Berlin
Berlin Architecture : news + major buildings
Berlin Buildings : A-G (this page)
Berlin Building Developments : H-N
Berlin Building Designs : O-Z
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Famous Berlin Buildings
Architectural designs in the capital city of Germany, alphabetical:
Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz
Design: Behnisch, Behnisch + Partner
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photo © AW
Akademie der Künste
AEG Turbine factory
Design: Peter Behrens Architect
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photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Berlin Turbine building : Modern Architecture
Altes Museum, Mitte
Design: Karl Friedrich Schinkel Architect
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picture © Isabelle Lomholt
Altes Museum Berlin
Am Kupfergraben 10 gallery building
Design: David Chipperfield Architects
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photo © Ioana Marinescu
Am Kupfergraben 10
Austrian Embassy, Stauffenbergstraße 1
Design: Hans Hollein Architects
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image © AW
Austrian Embassy Berlin
central station
Design: Gerkan, Marg & Partners
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photo © Adrian Welch
Berlin Hauptbahnhof redevelopment
British Embassy, central west part of city
Michael Wilford and Partners
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image © Adrian Welch
British Embassy Berlin
Berliner Dom, Mitte
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photo © AW
Berliner Dom Building
Brandenburg Gate
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photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
Brandenburg Gate
Charlottenburg Gate
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picture © Adrian Welch
Charlottenburg Gate
Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie, Kreuzberg
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA
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image © Isabelle Lomholt
Checkpoint Charlie Building
Daimler Financial Services Headquarters
Renzo Piano / Christoph Kohlbecker
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photograph © Adrian Welch
aka Debis Building, Potsdamer Platz
’Der Cube’ building, Washington Platz
3XN
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image from architect
Kubus Berlin : Architecture competition win
DZ Bank Building, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Design: Frank Gehry Architects
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picture © Isabelle Lomholt
DZ Bank Building
Deutsches Historisches Museum Building
Design: I. M. Pei – redevelopment architect
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photo © AW
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Embassies of the Nordic Countries
Masterplan Design : Berger + Parkkinen
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picture © AW
Nordic Embassies Buildings Complex
, Tiergarten
Axel Schultes & Charlotte Frank
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image © Adrian Welch
Federal Chancellery Buildings
Federal Snake Complex, Tiergarten
Design: Georg Bumiller
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picture © IL
Federal Snake Complex Buildings
Fernsehturm – Alexanderplatz Tower, Mitte
Hermann Henselmann / Jörg Streitparth
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image © Isabelle Lomholt
Alexanderplatz Tower building
Fernsehturm Project, Mitte
Design: JDS
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picture from architect
Alexanderplatz building design proposal
French Embassy, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
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photograph © Isabelle Lomholt
French Embassy Berlin
, Friedrichstrasse, Mitte
Design: Jean Nouvel Architects
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photo © AW
Galeries Lafayette Building
GSW Headquarters, Kreuzberg
Sauerbruch Hutton
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picture © AW
Stirling Prize Finalist 2000
Berlin Architecture Walking Tours – German capital city walks by e-architect guides.
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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
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Daniel Libeskind Architect
British Council, Hackescher Markt 1, Mitte
2000
Sauerbruch Hutton
DB tower, Potsdamerplatz
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Murphy/Jahn Architects
Dresdner Bank
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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
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Location: Berlin, Germany, Western Europe
Hertzberger Architecture in the German Capital City
Berlin Housing complex – Stralauer Halbinsel
1993-97
Herman Hertzberger
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photo © Uwe Rau
Lindenstrasse
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Herman Hertzberger
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photo © Uwe Rau
Buildings / photos for the Berlin Architecture Developments page welcome.