Buildings

In Berlin, experts are asking themselves one question: How on earth could the city's largest aquarium explode and devastate the Radisson Collection hotel? At least the building is still safe.

In Berlin's Neukölln district, the tenants of an apartment block are furious. Their landlord announced renovations. A scaffolding was installed with a giant…

At Gendarmenmarkt, the past has passed. Now, in the present, the square will be renovated and prepared for the future. The endeavor will take two years to…

At Alexanderplatz square in the heart of Berlin, a new high-rise was going to be erected by September of 2023. But the construction is delayed. Now, it is unclear whether the project will be completed at all.

To some, it looks like an oversized cookie someone took three bites of. But most would agree that the 'Elbphilharmonie' is about as elegant as the Sydney Opera…

Eight years after the construction of the Berlin Palace began, visitors may now enter the building also known as the Humboldtforum. There is a lot to see.

As many as four rather high towers are supposed to be erected at Berlin's Alexanderplatz. Some new architecture could enhance the square's appeal. Now, an argument about the height of one of those buildings has erupted.

The tallest construction in Germany, Berlin's TV tower, is impressive. With a height of 368 meters (1207 feet), it does scratch the sky. The former GDR erected…

Germans love sausage, travelling, soccer and single-family houses. Now, a discussion about the disadvantages of the latter is causing discontent.

Berlin's State Monument Office just put part of Gendarmenmarkt under monument protection. This is about the buildings the GDR erected there in the 1980s and the square's configuration.