Gebauer Höfe, Industrial architectural ensemble in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany.
Gebauer Höfe is an industrial architectural complex in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf with brick structures and modern office spaces along the Spree River. The site contains spaces of varying sizes, from small studios to large offices with contemporary technical infrastructure.
Friedrich Gebauer founded a textile and machinery factory here in 1865, with architect Ludwig Mertens designing the initial buildings. The site evolved into a significant industrial area and was later modernized to provide contemporary office spaces.
The name comes from Friedrich Gebauer, whose bleaching works and machine factory Fr. Gebauer occupied the brick buildings. After the textile machinery factory closed, the parts were used in different ways, and since 1990 the complex has been renovated and extended with two eight-storey office buildings along Franklinstraße. Today retailers and service firms use the site.
The winding inner courtyards are reached through two gateways on Franklinstraße, so enter from there rather than from the Spree side. The complex is a working site for retailers and service businesses, so courtyards and stairwells are not a public park. The two eight-storey office buildings stand along Franklinstraße.
The oldest building on the site is a four-storey structure from 1865, designed by Ludwig Mertens for a calender plant. The five-storey warehouse (Building 60) with its mansard roof was added by architect Julius Lichtenstein in 1910 on the north side. Two gateways on Franklinstraße lead into the angled inner courtyards.
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