Funkhaus am Hans-Rosenthal-Platz, Radio broadcasting building in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany.
The Funkhaus am Hans-Rosenthal-Platz is a five-story office building designed by Walter Borchard in the New Objectivity style, with a plain light-plastered facade and a rounded corner facing the Volkspark Wilmersdorf. Its angular plan extends along Mettestraße and Fritz-Elsas-Straße. A semicircular stairwell with an original elliptical staircase projects from the rear wall, and the upper floor has tall rectangular windows under a gabled roof with dormers.
The building was constructed between 1938 and 1941 and initially served an industrial company. After World War II it was repurposed and became the headquarters for radio broadcasting in the American sector.
The building's name comes from RIAS, the American-sector broadcaster that occupied it from 1948 to 1993; its large Sendesaal, converted from a staff assembly room, hosted Hans Rosenthal and the storyteller "Onkel Tobias" (Fritz Genschow) before live audiences. Since 1994 Deutschlandfunk Kultur has broadcast from here, and Deutschlandfunk Nova has produced its evening programme on site since March 2018.
The building remains an active media center housing several radio channels including Deutschlandfunk Kultur and other broadcasting operations. Visitors should know that as a working broadcast facility, public access may be limited to certain areas or times.
The half-round staircase is not inside the building but set into the middle of the rear wall, leaving room on each floor for a foyer with a still-visible porter's lodge. Its elliptical steps and handrail survive from the original construction.
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