Centrum Warenhaus, Cultural heritage monument in Dresden, Germany

The Centrum Warenhaus is a monolithic reinforced concrete skeleton building with a sandstone plaster facade, located at the northwest corner of Altmarkt and Wilsdruffer Strasse in Dresden. Its ground floor features pillars with arcades. The east facade facing Altmarkt is framed by colossal-order pilasters and has a central four-window risalit topped by a segmental gable with a coat of arms held by heraldic lions, showing the dates 1956, 13.2 with a cross, and 1945–1206.

The 1931 Bauhaus-modernist commercial building on Wilsdruffer Straße was rebuilt in 1950 after wartime destruction. In 1955/56 the HO added a new wing at the northwest corner of Altmarkt and Wilsdruffer Straße, designed by Alexander Künzer, Rudolf Erler and Wolfgang Klossek; the old building was raised and the store extended toward Altmarkt. After a new Centrum branch opened on Prager Straße in the 1970s, it served as an Intecta furniture store until the Wende. Patrizia acquired both buildings in 2006, renovated the 1955/56 head building and demolished the 1931 structure.

The gable of the east facade carries a coat of arms held by heraldic lions, designed by Max Lachnit, with the dates 1206, 1945 and 1956: Dresden's first documentary mention, the destruction of 13 February 1945, marked by a cross, and the official completion of the Altmarkt. Inside, Theo Wagenführ's design continued the facade's Baroque-influenced character, with glass chandeliers on the sales floors.

The east facade facing the Altmarkt is the most detailed, with a four-window central projection framed by colossal pilasters and a segmental gable bearing a lion-held coat of arms. The north facade along Wilsdruffer Strasse shows pilasters, bay windows and balustrades in sandstone, plus wrought-iron window grilles by Karl Bergmann. Ground-floor arcades run along the base.

The gable of the east facade carries a coat of arms held by heraldic lions, designed by Max Lachnit, with the dates 1206, 1945 and 1956; a cross marks the 13 February destruction of 1945.