George-C.-Marshall-Haus, Exhibition pavilion in Westend, Germany

The George-C.-Marshall-Haus is a two-storey steel-skeleton hall with truss girders and a steel-and-glass facade spanning its 35-metre-long, 10-metre-high north and south walls. A broad staircase leads from the ground floor to a gallery covering about half the lower hall, continued by a glazed gallery called the Schnecke on slender columns. Bruno Grimmek designed it with Werner Düttmann.

Planned from 18 June 1950, the George-C.-Marshall-Haus was built in record time: cornerstone laid 26 July, completed 30 September, opened 1 October 1950 for the German Industry Exhibition. The American High Commission commissioned it, Bruno Grimmek designed it with Werner Düttmann, and ERP funds paid for it. It was named after George C. Marshall, author of the European Recovery Program, and symbolised West Berlin's ties to the United States as one of the four Allied powers.

The pavilion is named after George C. Marshall, whose European Recovery Program (ERP) funded its construction; the American High Commission was the builder. Today it hosts lectures, festive events and television shows, with up to 650 seats on both floors. The glazed gallery called the Snail originally carried a flagpole on its rear rotunda, where the flags of participating countries were flown.

The Marshall-Haus sits centrally on the Messegelände, closing the Sommergarten to the south and giving quick access to the surrounding halls. The upper floor connects to the glazed gallery called the Schnecke, which ends in a rear rotunda with its own staircase as a separate exit. Seating inside reaches up to 650 places across both floors, depending on arrangement.

The glazed gallery called the Schnecke rests on slender pillars and ends in a rear rotunda with its own staircase exit. A flagpole on the rotunda originally flew the flags of the participating countries, as a drawing of the construction site shows.