Steglitzer Kreisel, Office building in Steglitz, Germany

The Steglitzer Kreisel is a 120-metre office tower with 30 floors, its slab-like facade a dense grid of dark-framed windows with a wide band of beige vertical fins on the left. Its base holds a BVG bus station with access to the Rathaus Steglitz U-Bahn station, a hotel, shops and a parking garage.

Construction began in 1968 under architect Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach, but financial troubles and a bankruptcy filing in 1974 delayed the project's completion until 1980. The extended building period reflects the economic obstacles that shaped the project's realization.

The name Kreisel (roundabout) refers to the traffic circle at the foot of the tower. On the site stood the Albrechtshof inn, whose garden hall and orchestra stage hosted performances; from 1912 the Albrechtshof-Lichtspiele cinema seated 700, reduced to 480 after 1948 war damage and closed in 1967. Albrecht's 1871 peace oak still stands by the tower as a Berlin natural monument.

The complex sits diagonally opposite Steglitz Town Hall on the southern Schloßstraße, with a BVG bus station in the base building and direct access to the Rathaus Steglitz U-Bahn station. A parking garage adjoins it. The tower itself has stood empty since the district office left at the end of 2007 and is fenced off during conversion work.

On the 24th floor, a cafeteria stayed open until 2 November 2007, giving diners a view north across central Berlin to the city limits and southwest toward the High Fläming. The tower then stood empty for years, and the conversion begun in 2015 has repeatedly stalled, prompting the press to call it a "Bauruine".