Haus der Elektroindustrie, Office building near Alexanderplatz, Germany.
The Haus der Elektroindustrie is an office building in Berlin-Mitte that rises 38 meters with ten stories spanning a ground area of 5,300 square meters. The structure shapes the streetscape along Alexanderstrasse with its contemporary design from the late 1960s.
From 1969 to 1990, it served as the headquarters of the GDR Ministry for Electrical Engineering and Electronics. Following reunification, the Treuhand Agency took over the building for its administrative operations.
The ground floor once housed record shops and a Zeiss industrial store, serving as a window into everyday commercial life in 1960s East Berlin. These retail spaces gave the building a public-facing role that extended beyond its administrative purpose.
The building sits at Alexanderstrasse 1, 3, and 5 right near the Alexanderplatz transportation hub. Multiple public transit lines serve this station, making it easy to reach from anywhere in the city.
The building was designed between 1967 and 1969 by a collaborative team of architects Heinz Mehlan, Emil Leibold, and Peter Skujin. This partnership produced a modern approach that defined Berlin's urban architecture during that period.
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