Berlin, 2019
Photo © Klemens Renner

In the heart of Berlin's Mitte district, a Wilhelminian-style tenement building erected in 1873 was converted into a modern design hotel in close cooperation with the monument protection authorities.

Photo © Klemens Renner

The five-storey volume with attic storey has a basement. The front building and side wings form a typical Berlin courtyard. In the upper floors and the ground floor 93 hotel rooms were built. Gastronomy and commercial units were planned in the ground floor of the front building.

Photo © Klemens Renner

The façade structure with cannelurs, round arches and a top coating of smooth plaster blends harmoniously into the historic buildings of the quarter in terms of colour and style. In the ground floor zone, the building was faced with natural stone from Kohlplatter Muschelkalk.

Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner

Access to the hotel lobby is from Friedrichstrasse via the courtyard entrance and the newly constructed, fully glazed bronze-coloured pavilion. The reception area, the breakfast area and the hotel bar are located in the basement.

Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner
Photo © Klemens Renner

The interior design was made by DESIGN ALCHEMISTS GmbH (former ST Design) from Berlin.