Estrel Tower Explained

Estrel Tower
Address:Sonnenallee 225
Location City:Berlin
Location Country:Germany
Status:under construction
Start Date:2021
Est Completion:2024
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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]

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 9000m2 of office space.[4]

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

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Notes and References

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