| Architect |
Petzinka, Pink, and Partner |
| Date
Built |
2000 |
| Location |
Klingelhoferstrasse |
| Description |
|
| The Konrad-Adenauer-House is the
headquarters of the CDU, the Christian
Democratic Union, Germany's
centre-right political party.
The CDU was founded and led by Konrad
Adenhauer, who was Chancellor of Germany
between 1949 and 1963. It sits on
Klingelhoferstrasse just south of the
Tiergarten. It was designed to conform
with the height restriction imposed on
buildings in the area known as the Klingelhöfer
Triangle, including a number of foreign
embassies. This eliptical
shaped building is completely surrounded by a
glass rhombus that reaches up to the fourth
floor. The building's fifth and sixth
floors emerge from the glass structure
resembling the prow of a ship cutting through
water. Local wood was used to clad the
lower floors of the building. The roof
has a garden and a system for producing
energy. |
|
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The
Konrad Ardenauer House - Klingelhoferstrasse, Berlin,
Germany
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