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for ''House of the teacher'') is a building in

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, located near Alexanderplatz, built between 1962 and 1964 under the

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. Its most notable feature is a mural wrapping around the entire building and extending between the second and fifth above-ground floors. Designed in the style of Mexican mural art by artist

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, it is titled ''Unser Leben'' ("Our Life") and depicts various occupational groups of and aspects of life in the GDR. Adjacent to the building is a two-story congress hall, known since November 2003 as Berliner Congress Center. Between 2003 and 2011, the annual

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was hosted there.

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Buildings and structures in Berlin {{Berlin-struct-stub

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