Gesundheitsamt Dortmund, Public health office building in Dortmund, Germany

The Gesundheitshaus Dortmund is a five-part, steel-reinforced concrete complex at Hövelstraße 8, built 1958–1961 to Will Schwarz's design. Its eight-storey administration wing is clad in prefabricated parapet panels set with 15 × 15 mm blue-tinted glass tiles, a process developed for this building alone, and other walls carry coloured brick slips. A cantilevered canopy of eight concrete half-shells marks the main entrance.

Architect Will Schwarz completed this administrative building in 1961 after three years of construction, marking a new era in post-war architecture. The project symbolized the reconstruction and modernization of Dortmund in the years following the Second World War.

The building's interior was designed as a wayfinding system: brick colours on office walls darken floor by floor, and door colours indicate the functions behind them, with grey steel-framed glass doors marking passages between departments. Six artworks on the main staircase, made for the building and the theme of health, accompany the climb.

The building at Hövelstraße 8 now operates as a hotel, so interior access is for guests rather than general sightseeing. The main entrance on Hövelstraße is marked by a cantilevered canopy of eight concrete half-shells leading into a bright foyer. From the foyer, the sculptural main staircase winds upward past artworks on six floors.

The building's glazed mosaic facade, made of 15 × 15 mm blue-tinted glass tiles, was developed specifically for this house; the tiles could be washed down and were therefore considered hygienic. Inside, six artworks accompany the main staircase, including a glass and ceramic mosaic by Gustav Deppe on the first floor and a figurative plaster relief by Eberhard Viegener on the third.