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Haus des Reisens
Alexanderplatz 5
Berlin Germany
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1969 | | Finished | 1971 | | Floor Count | 15 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - sign | | Architectural Style | | - modern | | Materials | | - glass | | - aluminium | | - concrete (plain) | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 220 ft | | medienarchiv.com | | | | | |
Description
• Architect: Roland Steiger, Johannes Brieske, Roland Korn.
• Investors: Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, Mercedes-Benz, debis Immobilienmanagement GmbH.
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• Destruction of the 'House Of Travel' is planned in order to make way for a 150m office tower.
• On the east side of the building is a huge copper work of Walter Womacka, called "Der Mensch überwindet Zeit und Raum" (humans overcome time and room).
• The building used to be the headquarters of the "Reisebüro der DDR" and the "Interflug".
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