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Reichstag
seat of the German Bundestag and, before 1945, the eponymous parliament of the Weimar Republic
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
airport serving Berlin, Germany
Welthauptstadt Germania
world capital planned by Nazi Germany
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
six subsidized housing estates
Reich Chancellery
Berlin building housing the Chancellor of Germany, 1878–1945
Federal Chancellery of Germany
Office of the Federal Chancellor of Germany
Berlin Observatory
astronomical observatory
Volkshalle
thumb|250px|Model of the Große Halle The '''''' (, "People's Hall"), also called ' (, "Great Hall") or ' (, "Hall of Glory"), was a proposal for a monumental, domed building to be built in a reconstituted Berlin (renamed as Germania) in Nazi Germany. The project was conceived by Adolf Hitler and designed by his architect Albert Speer. No part of the building was ever constructed.
Berlin House of Representatives
state parliament of Berlin
Sony Center
ensemble of buildings in Berlin, Germany
Neptunbrunnen
fountain in Berlin, Germany
Kulturforum
thumb|Berliner Philharmonie|Philharmonie and Chamber Music Hall, designed by [[Hans Scharoun]]
Volksbühne
thumb|Volksbühne, Berlin thumb|The original building in 1930
Bauhaus-Archiv
museum and archive in Berlin
Bendlerblock
The Bendlerblock () is a building complex in the Tiergarten district of Berlin, Germany, located on (formerly named ). Erected in 1914 as the headquarters of several Imperial German Navy () offices, it served the Ministry of the Reichswehr after World War I. Significantly enlarged under Nazi rule, it was used by several departments of the (OKW) from 1938, especially the and the intelligence agency.
Schwerbelastungskörper
thumb|'''' thumb|View of one of the unrestored instrument rooms inside the thumb|One of the posters at the site with information about Albert Speer's construction plans for the triumphal arch thumb|Height comparison between the triumphal arches of Germania and Paris The '''''' (German: "heavy load-exerting body") is a large concrete cylinder located at the intersection of Dudenstraße, General-Pape-Straße, and Loewenhardtdamm in the northwestern part of the borough of Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany. It was built by Adolf Hitler's chief architect Albert Speer to determine the feasibility of const
BahnTower
The Bahntower (), also written as BahnTower and Bahn-Tower, is a 26-story, skyscraper on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. Built between 1998 and 2000, the Bahntower provides of office space for the headquarters of Deutsche Bahn (). It is the sixth-tallest building in Berlin and the sixty-fourth tallest building in Germany.
Europa-Center
thumb|270px|Breitscheidplatz with Europa-Center The Europa-Center is a building complex on Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, with a shopping mall and a high-rise tower tall. Built between 1963 and 1965, by 2003 it had been designated as a historically preserved building.
Park Inn by Radisson Berlin Alexanderplatz
hotel and building in Berlin, Germany
Tempodrom
The Tempodrom (also referred to as Neues Tempodrom) is a multi-purpose event venue in Berlin.
Karl-Liebknecht-Haus
thumb|250px|right|Karl-Liebknecht-Haus in 2007 thumb|250px|right|Karl-Liebknecht-Haus in 1930 The Karl-Liebknecht-Haus or Karl Liebknecht House is the headquarters of the party The Left in Germany. It is located between Alexanderplatz and Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin-Mitte.
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Berlin
diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Germany
Hufeisensiedlung
thumb|right|Central building structure of the "Horseshoe" The Hufeisensiedlung ("Horseshoe Estate") is a housing estate in Berlin, built in 1925–33. It was designed by architect Bruno Taut, municipal planning head and co-architect Martin Wagner, garden architect Leberecht Migge and Neukölln gardens director Ottokar Wagler. In 1986 the ensemble was placed under German heritage protection. On 7 July 2008 it was inscribed as one of six estates that constitute the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates World Heritage Site.
Grunewald Tower
observation tower in Berlin, Germany
Alte Bibliothek
library building in Berlin, Germany
Bauakademie
thumb|Mock canvas reconstruction in 2005 The Bauakademie (Building Academy, also known as the Schinkelsche Bauakademie) in Berlin, Germany, was a higher education institution for the art of building to train master builders. Founded on 18 March 1799 by King Frederick William III, the institution originated from the construction department of the Academy of Fine Arts and Mechanical Sciences (from 1704), which emphasized the aesthetic elements of the art of building while ignoring the technical. Thus, the governmental Upper Building Department ("UBD") decided to establish an entirely new buildin
Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
The '''' (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 1928.
National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument
monument
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
research institute in Berlin, Germany
Aquarium Berlin
aquarium in Berlin, Germany
Paul-Löbe-Haus
building in Berlin, Germany
Alte Kommandantur
building in Mitte, Germany
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
thumb|upright=1.2|Detlev Rohwedder House in 2017
Federal Ribbon
arrangement of buildings in the government district in Berlin
Kollhoff Tower
Kollhoff-Tower is a 25-story, skyscraper on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. The building, named after Hans Kollhoff from Kollhoff und Timmermann Architekten, was completed in 1999 after four years of construction.
Platz der Luftbrücke
public square in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany
Unité d'Habitation of Berlin
Apartment building designed by Le Corbusier
Westhafen
thumb|right|BEHALA administration building with its 52 meter high tower
Lessing Theater
former theatre in Berlin, Germany
Shell-Haus
thumb|upright=2.1|Shell-Haus, canal-side facade at Tiergarten thumb|275px|The striking wave façade of the restored Shell-Haus thumb|275px|Damaged Shell House after World War II thumb|1978 Deutsche Bundespost Berlin postal stamp
Justizvollzugsanstalt Tegel
penitentiary in Berlin, Germany
Embassy of Turkey, Berlin
Embassy in Berlin, Germany
Embassy of Belarus, Berlin
diplomatic mission
Tränenpalast
thumb|Inside the Tränenpalast border check point
Alexa
shopping center in Berlin, Germany
Mossehaus
thumb|Mossehaus, September 1923 Mossehaus is an office building on 18–25 Schützenstraße in Berlin, renovated and with a corner designed by Erich Mendelsohn between 1921 and 1923.
Chapel of Reconciliation
church building in Pankow, Germany
Walk of Ideas
sculpture
Müggel-Tower
300px|thumb|The Müggelturm in 2005
Columbia-Haus concentration camp
Concentration camp in Nazy Germany
Prussian State Council
upper chamber
Boulevard der Stars
Walk of Fame, Berlin in Germany
Forschungseinrichtung für experimentelle Medizin
Scientific research facility in Berlin
Palasthotel
thumb|right|Palasthotel in 1985 thumb|right|Palasthotel to the right, Marx-Engels-Forum and Palast der Republik to the left, Berliner Dom in the middle thumb|Palasthotel in the middle Palasthotel () was a hotel that belonged to the Interhotel chain and was located at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 5 in the Mitte district of Berlin, behind the Berliner Dom and along the river Spree. It was built between 1976 and 1979 on a design by Ferenc Kiss. The hotel had 600 rooms with 1,000 beds and a conference hall with about 2,000 seats. It was closed to all East German guests, as one had to pay in hard currenc
Artemis
brothel in Berlin
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Institute for infection biology
Granite bowl
granite bowl is located in Berlin
Steglitzer Kreisel
high-rise building in Berlin
Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium
tower
Embassy of Afghanistan, Berlin
diplomatic mission of Afghanistan in Germany