Kuehn Malvezzi won the first prize, a highly paid special award, at the Berlin castle competition for a site in Berlin-Mitte. For part of the so-called banana, namely the site, Alexander Street / Stralauer road opposite the Jannowitzbrücke, the architect designed a block-edge development, growing from a 65-meter-high hotel and office tower. The building is conventionally shaped and covered with a stone facade...more.