| Estrel Tower | |
| Address: | Sonnenallee 225 |
| Location City: | Berlin |
| Location Country: | Germany |
| Status: | under construction |
| Start Date: | 2021 |
| Est Completion: | 2024 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Management: | or |
| Operator: | or |
| Governing Body: | --> |
| Floor Area: | 77500m2 |
| Floor Count: | 45 |
| Architectural: | 176m (577feet) |
| 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]
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 9000m2 of office space.[4]
The construction started in November 2021.[5] The project aims to earn a LEED Gold certification.[6]