ADN-Gebäude, Office high-rise in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
The ADN-Gebäude is a ten-story office high-rise at the corner of Mollstraße and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße in Berlin-Mitte. Its long front facade is divided into horizontal ribbon windows set between brown stone or concrete panels, with vertical concrete fins separating some window groups. A lower flat-roofed wing, which once housed the central photo archive, has a waffle facade. The building was designed by a collective led by E. Wallis and P. Brandt and built in 1969/1970.
The building opened on 11 June 1971 and served as headquarters for the General German News Service until 1992. It represents a significant period in East German media history.
The building stands at a location that held meaning during the peaceful revolution, when thousands of people gathered here. Its design reflects the practical needs of a major news organization that once operated within its walls.
The high-rise is centrally located in Berlin-Mitte and can be easily reached from Mollstrasse and Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. As an active office building with private workspace, free public access to its interior is typically not available.
The waffle facade belongs to the low-rise wing, not the ten-storey tower; that flat building housed the Zentralbildarchiv, the news agency's central picture archive. The complex was built in 1969/1970 by VE BMK Ingenieurhochbau Berlin under architects E. Wallis and P. Brandt.
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