Siemens-Haus, Corporate office building in Südstadt district, Hanover, Germany.
The Siemens-Haus on Willy-Brandt-Allee 1 is an office and administrative building in the Sudstadt district of Hanover, built with a brick facade and stone detailing at the lower floor level. The structure follows a restrained, functional design with very little ornament.
Work on the building started in the early 1920s but was interrupted several times by the period of German hyperinflation. Siemens eventually left the site in the 2000s, after which the structure became part of the Norddeutsche Landesbank complex.
The building still carries the Siemens & Halske name on its facade, showing how companies once embedded their identity directly into the architecture of their offices. This kind of visible corporate marking was rare for the time and has become part of how the street reads today.
The building is in Hanover's Sudstadt district and easy to reach by public transport. Since it now forms part of a bank complex, the interior is generally not open to visitors, so the exterior is the main thing to see.
The architectural plans were drawn up by Siemens' own construction department in Berlin, while sculptor Josef Wackerle was responsible for the sculptural elements on the facade. This split between two company locations made the building an unusual product of internal corporate collaboration.
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