Tall & Urban News

Following a design competition, David Chipperfield Architects Berlin has been selected to build an office tower in the Mitte district of Berlin. The practice’s design was chosen unanimously from twelve competing schemes.

At Jannowitz Bridge, a traffic junction in Berlin’s Mitte district, the new tower is planned within a diverse urban environment. The compact building volume is modulated in such a way that projections and recesses make distinct references to the neighboring buildings and the adjacent urban railway. Within the tower itself, these recesses create generous terrace areas with roof gardens.

The terrain that rises towards the bank of the Spree River forms the starting point for a flowing transition between inside and outside, which emphasizes the public character of the ground floor, creating a new, lively public realm that is in dialogue with the immediate urban context. The tower forms a new urban ensemble along Holzmarktstrasse, together with an office building, designed by Kuehn Malvezzi.

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