Estrel Tower
| Estrel Tower | |
|---|---|
 Construction site in January 2024 | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Address | Sonnenallee 225 |
| Town or city | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°28′19″N 13°27′30″E / 52.471894°N 13.458407°E |
| Construction started | 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 2024 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
| Floor area | 77,500 m2 (834,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Barkow 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Estrel Tower". skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Barkow Leibinger". barkowleibinger.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ Michaelis, Nils. "Weg frei für Estrel Tower - Berliner Abendblatt". Berliner Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ Hill, Lauren Jade (2021-12-26). "Project in focus: Estrel Tower, Berlin". TOPHOTELNEWS. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ^ "Berlins bald höchstes Gebäude wächst ab sofort in die Höhe". www.rbb24.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "Das neue Wahrzeichen der Hauptstadt – Estrel Berlin". www.estrel.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.