Landratsamt Karlsruhe, demolished administrative high-rise in Karlsruhe, Germany

The Verwaltungsgebäude der Badenwerk AG was a complex at Beiertheimer Allee 2 in Karlsruhe, built 1961–1965 by Theodor Kelter and Möckel & Schmidt. It had a 20-storey tower about 70 m high, a four-storey long building along Kriegsstraße, and a casino wing, all with aluminium and glass curtain walls. The long building was demolished in 2023, the tower in 2024.

The complex was built from 1961 to 1965 for the Badenwerk energy company, designed by Cologne architect Theodor Kelter with the Karlsruhe firm Möckel & Schmidt in the International Style. After Badenwerk merged into EnBW in the 1990s and moved to Durlacher Allee, the district administration bought the property for 45 million marks. It was listed as a cultural monument, but deemed too costly to renovate: the long building was demolished in 2023 and the tower from 2024.

The complex was built as the Badenwerk AG headquarters and passed to the Landratsamt of the Landkreis Karlsruhe after the 1990s merger into EnBW; the district office does not cover the city itself. In front stood Emil Sutor's sculpture Ein Flötenspieler. The long building was demolished in 2023, the tower from 2024.

The complex stood at Beiertheimer Allee 2, between Kriegsstraße and Ettlinger Straße, near the Ettlinger Tor shopping centre and the Nymphengarten. The long building was demolished in 2023 and demolition of the high-rise began in 2024, so the site is a construction area rather than a visitable office. The district office is to be rebuilt there as a 24-storey, 90-metre tower by 2028.

The complex was listed as a cultural monument, yet it was demolished anyway: the long building came down in 2023 and the tower followed from 2024. The district office plans a 24-storey, 90-metre tower on the site by 2028. In front of the building stood Emil Sutor's sculpture "Ein Flötenspieler".