Estrel Tower
Construction site in July 2023
General information
StatusUnder construction
AddressSonnenallee 225
Town or cityBerlin
CountryGermany
Construction started2021
Estimated completion2024
Height
Architectural176 m (577 ft)
Technical details
Floor count45
Floor area77,500 m2 (834,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firmBarkow Leibinger

The Estrel Tower is a 176 m tall skyscraper under construction in the Neukölln district of Berlin, Germany. After its completion in 2024 the building will become Berlin's tallest building and Germany's tallest hotel.[1]

History

In 2013 the Estrel Hotel started a competition for the realization of a high-rise next to the existing hotel building located on the Sonnenallee. The competition was won by Barkow Leibinger (founded by Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger) who proposed a series of triangulated volumes resembling the game of Tangram in response to the existing hotel building and the low-rise surrounding neighbourhoods. The proposal included a skyscraper with a sloped silhouette and a roof terrace oriented to the city.[2]

In December 2017 the borough assembly of Neukölln gave its permission for the project.[3] Ekkehard Streletzki, the owner of the Estrel Hotel, adjusted the plans for the exclusive usage as a hotel building during the COVID-19 pandemic to a mixed usage with 525 hotel rooms and 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft) of office space.[4]

The construction started in November 2021.[5] The project aims to earn a LEED Gold certification.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Estrel Tower". skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Barkow Leibinger". barkowleibinger.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ↑ Michaelis, Nils. "Weg frei für Estrel Tower - Berliner Abendblatt". Berliner Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ↑ Hill, Lauren Jade (2021-12-26). "Project in focus: Estrel Tower, Berlin". TOPHOTELNEWS. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Berlins bald höchstes Gebäude wächst ab sofort in die Höhe". www.rbb24.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. ↑ "Das neue Wahrzeichen der Hauptstadt – Estrel Berlin". www.estrel.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

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