Haus der Gesundheit, Health center building in Alexanderplatz area, Berlin, Germany

Haus der Gesundheit is a six-storey, sandstone-clad building with a trapezoidal footprint near Alexanderplatz, its main facade facing southeast onto what was Landsberger Strasse. The facade is a pilaster front with shallow side risalets, small-paned windows and oval and rectangular sandstone reliefs from the workshop of the Berlin sculptors Zeyer & Böhme. A lower attic storey and a set-back roof sit above three identical full storeys, reached by a central staircase; the entrance portal is framed by a supraporte and two stuccoed pilasters.

Built in 1913 as the Haus am Zentrum, the block was designed by contractor Oscar Garbe with facades by Hans Liepe and Reinhard Gerres. After World War II damage it was rebuilt and given an extra, simply plastered attic floor. The surrounding street grid was later redrawn for the Karl-Marx-Allee, leaving the building skewed to the new alignment.

The building was renamed Haus der Gesundheit in 1923, when the Vereinigten Krankenkassen Berlin opened one of the city's first interdisciplinary Ärztehäuser there. From 1934 the National Socialists called it Haus der Volksgesundheit, and from 1942 the Diagnostisches Zentralinstitut and from 1943 the Diabetes-Zentrale of the Berliner Ortskrankenkassen worked in part of it. The name Haus am Zentrum survives only in the building's earlier history.

The building continues to house various medical specialists and serves as an active healthcare facility in the city center. Visitors can explore the surrounding Alexanderplatz area and view the building from the street as part of the historic streetscape.

The building's main staircase survives from the original interior, with brass-clad stringers and handrails, wrought-iron balustrades and some door lintels of multi-coloured marble. The cinema opened in 1916 as Eden and ran as Universum until 1952, sharing the block with shops and medical offices.