Found 19 locations in Culture tagged with "architecture":
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Hansaviertel
A virtual museum of Cold War design
As a response to the East Berlin building project on Karl-Marx Allee—known lovingly as the grand workers' palaces—W...
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Kino International
Cinema under socialism
Despite differing political doctrines, cinema has occupied a major role across cultures for the sake of entertainment and propa...
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Sanssouci Palace
Don't worry, be happy
Frederick the Great built Schloss Sansoucci—from the French for "without a care"—in the 1740's as a royal hideaway ...
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Waldbühne
Stage beneath the stars
One of Berlin's favorite outdoor concert locations, the Waldbühne (literally 'forest stage'), was constructed in 1936 in prepar...
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Märkisches Museum
Time traveling through Berlin
Behind the leafy streets and picturesque waterways of the Fischerinsel lies a brick Gothic-style building that is home to one o...
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Brandenburger Tor
Berlin's front door
Berin's most iconic landmark was built in 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhns after Friedrich Wilhem II commissioned the entryway to ...
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Schloss Charlottenburg
Fit for a prince
The largest palace in Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg is a jewel of baroque architecture. Completed in 1699, the palace was comm...
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German Historical Museum
German seeds
On 28 May 1695, the Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg, gave the orders to lay the foundation stone of the Berlin "Zeughaus",...
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Babylon: Mitte
From contemporary first-run to B-movie cult
Architect Hans Poelzig designed the Kino Babylon and the surrounding apartment houses in an atmosphere of refined Expressionism...
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Einsteinturm
Mendelsohn's observatory
A landmark achievement by designer Erich Mendelsohn, the Einsteinturm's construction ended in 1924 and is a building that art h...
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Reichstag-Kuppel
Incomparable view on Politics
The current Reichstag dome is an iconic glass dome constructed on top of the rebuilt Reichstag building in Berlin. It was desig...
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Jewish Museum Berlin
A welcome rebirth
The Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicated to the narrative of Germany's Jewish population: their early history, suffering and survi...
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DZ Bank/Axica
Biomorphing Building
Rather unimpressive from the outside, the full impact of this Frank Gehry biomorphic masterpiece emerges only when setting foot...
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Mies van der Rohe House
Solitaire Living
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the greatest architects of our century, designed the "Landhaus Lemke" house in 1932. It is th...
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Admiralspalast
Temple of pleasure
Built on the site of the city's only natural salt spring, Berlin's Admiralpalast opened its doors in 1910, after expanding the ...
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Columbia Club
Hollywood screening room no more
Originally built in 1951 as a theater and venue by the US Air Force for "all US personnel and their guests," the theater regula...
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Postbahnhof
Former railway station
Luckily for us, this gorgeous former railway station built in 1842 largely escaped 20th-century decay. Now a 3,000-square meter...
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Worldly treasures
Nicknamed "the pregnant oyster" for its crustacean-like facade, this diverse museum regularly houses some very pearly exhibitio...
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Museum of Decorative Arts
Room art
The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) at Köpenick Palace has the wonderful advantage of feeling much more like a p...