House of Advertising
House of Advertising | |
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Dorland House | |
Basic data | |
Place: | Berlin |
Construction time : | 1961-1966 |
Architect : | Rolf Gutbrod |
Use / legal | |
Usage : | office building |
Technical specifications | |
Height : | 38.5 m |
Floors : | 14th |
Usable area : | 23,700 m² |
Floor area : | 5,100 m² |
Building material : | Reinforced concrete , steel , exposed concrete |
address | |
City: | Berlin |
Country: | Germany |
The House of Advertising is a high-rise building in the Schöneberg district of Berlin at the intersection of Kleiststrasse at the corner of An der Urania 20/22 and Keithstrasse 2/4. The listed building was designed by the architect Rolf Gutbrod as the headquarters for Studio Dorland . That is why the building is also called the Dorland House .
Origin, conception and history
The building was intended to act as a concentration point for advertising agencies in West Berlin in the 1960s and 1970s. The architecture at the time it was built was modern and extraordinary. The building deliberately stands out from its surroundings and acts as a solitaire . The building is triangular with no sharp corners. For the facade, exposed concrete was used in the truncated corners . The building is a historical monument.
Web links
- Presentation of the building on one side of the Berlin University of the Arts ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments of the Berlin Senate Administration ( memento of the original from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 840, as of January 14, 2011, accessed February 5, 2011
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 6 " N , 13 ° 20 ′ 47.2" E