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The DZ Bank building (formerly DG Bank building) is an office, conference, and residential building located at
Architectural Record page on DG Bank building
Commercial buildings completed in 2000 Residential buildings completed in 2000 Frank Gehry buildings Buildings and structures in Berlin Bank buildings in Germany 2000 establishments in Germany {{Berlin-struct-stub
The DZ Bank building (formerly DG Bank building) is an office, conference, and residential building located at Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz ( en, Paris Square) is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the anti-Napoleon A ...
3 in Berlin
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. It was designed by architect Frank Gehry and engineered by Hans Schober of Schlaich Bergermann & Partner
Schlaich bergermann partner is a nationally and internationally active structural engineering and consulting firm with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany and branch offices in Berlin, New York City, São Paulo, Shanghai and Paris.
History
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. Construction began in 1998 and was completed in 2000.
The building is mixed-use
Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to som ...
. Facing the Brandenburg Gate are offices, the headquarters of Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank. On the other side, facing Behrenstraße, are 39 residential apartments. Between the two is a large atrium
Atrium may refer to:
Anatomy
* Atrium (heart), an anatomical structure of the heart
* Atrium, the genital structure next to the genital aperture in the reproductive system of gastropods
* Atrium of the ventricular system of the brain
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, designed to be used as a conference or performance space. This is covered with a sophisticated glass-grid roof, curved in a complex form typical of Gehry's designs.
See also
* Thin-shell structure *History of Berlin
The history of Berlin starts with its foundation in the 14th century. It became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1417, and later of Brandenburg-Prussia, and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia grew about rapidly in the 18th and 19th ...
External links
Architectural Record page on DG Bank building
Commercial buildings completed in 2000 Residential buildings completed in 2000 Frank Gehry buildings Buildings and structures in Berlin Bank buildings in Germany 2000 establishments in Germany {{Berlin-struct-stub