Architect |
Professor
Christopher Mackler |
Date Built |
2007 - 2011 |
Location |
On a triangular site defined by Joachimstalerstraße, Kantstraße and Hardenbergstraße |
Description |
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The
Zoofenster is a 32-storey highrise
building that looms 118 metres above
Kantstrasse in Berlin's west end.
The name means "the window on the zoo",
referring to the Berlin Zoologischer
Garten which occupies the
south-west corner of the Tiergarten
nearby. When it is completed, the
building will be home to the first
Waldorf Astoria hotel in Germany.
It will also accommodate offices, as
well as residential and retail spaces. The Waldorf website says that their new hotel will, "offer five star luxury ... The interior of the hotel has been designed by Inter Art Etudes, the Paris based Internationally renowned interior architectural design firm." It will comprise: 165 guest rooms, 26 superior guest rooms, 21 suites and 21 apartments. There will be a ballroom, five conference rooms, a sixth floor terrace and a fully equipped business centre. |