Edinburgh House
| Edinburgh House | |
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 Left in the picture behind trees is Edinburgh House, next to it the Deutschlandhaus |
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| Data | |
| place | Berlin-Westend |
| architect | Werner Düttmann |
| Client | Federal Office for Occupation Burdens |
| construction time | 1960–1962 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '30.3 " N , 13 ° 16' 21.4" E |
| particularities | |
| single staircase on the east side | |
The Edinburgh House , today Max-Kade-Haus , is a residential building in Berlin-Westend that is a listed building. It originally housed the British Military Government's guest house, but is now a student residence. To the west of the building is the Deutschlandhaus , from which the British broadcaster British Forces Network broadcast from 1945 to 1954.
history
The Edinburgh House was built by Werner Düttmann from 1960 to 1962. The building was put into operation in 1962 as a transit hotel with 50 rooms. Until 1995 it was the guest of the British military government and hotel for British officers. From 1982 to 1983 the facades were repaired and given a concrete-colored paint. During the undertaking, the ceramic elements of the balcony parapets were replaced with aluminum elements and the wooden windows with aluminum windows. During renovation work in 1989, the color scheme was changed and an elevator tower was added. In early 1994 the Edinburgh House was closed.
The International Study Center as a dormitory and meeting place for foreign exchange students was established in the building after the withdrawal of the British armed forces at the suggestion of Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand and is operated by the Studierendenwerk Berlin .
description
The reinforced concrete skeleton building with roof terrace consists of six floors and is decorated with white ceramic tiles in front of the balconies and several windows. The parapets under the windows are blue. A single staircase is integrated into the eastern facade . The ground floor is glazed on the street side.
See also
literature
- Halia Ochs: Werner Düttmann , in love with building: Architect for Berlin 1921-1983 . Birkhäus Verlag, Basel 1990, ISBN 3-7643-2413-9 , p. 280 .
- Berlin and its buildings . tape VIII . Berlin 1980, p. 47 .
- Berliner Morgenpost . July 7, 1960.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Werner Düttmann, in love with building: Architect for Berlin 1921-1983 .
- ^ Edinburgh House. March 20, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020 .
- ^ Edinburgh House and Summit House. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ International Study Center Berlin ISB, formerly Edinburgh House. March 6, 2015, accessed May 15, 2020 .