Haus der Schweiz, Office building in Mitte, Germany
Haus der Schweiz is an office and hotel building at the corner of Unter den Linden and Friedrichstrasse in central Berlin-Mitte. The ground floor features rounded colonnade arches, the exterior is clad in light limestone, and the core relies on a steel-frame structure.
Swiss architect Ernst Meier designed it between 1934 and 1936 as the headquarters of a Swiss banking institution. After war damage, the building was rebuilt and then thoroughly renovated in the 1990s during the reunification period.
A sculpture of Walter Tell, son of the Swiss folk figure William Tell, stands at the building's corner and hints at its Swiss origin. The figure is visible from the street and gives the building a recognizable identity among the surrounding architecture.
The building stands at one of the most central intersections in Berlin and is easy to reach on foot or by public transport. Since it serves mainly as office and hotel space, access to the interior is generally limited to guests and business visitors.
This building is the only surviving historical corner structure at the junction of Unter den Linden and Friedrichstrasse after World War II. Every other building that once stood at that crossing was lost to bombing or postwar reconstruction.
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