East German architecture

television tower in Berlin

building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs

skyscraper

thumb|200px|Skyline of Jena with JenTower The JenTower is a skyscraper in Jena, Germany.

thumb|Köllnische Straße on the Fischerinsel, ca. 1900 thumb|Köllnischer Fischmarkt, 1886; Breite Straße now meets Gertraudenstraße at this point Fischerinsel (, Fisher Island) is the southern part of the island in the River Spree which was formerly the location of the city of Cölln and is now part of central Berlin. The northern part of the island is known as Museum Island. Fischerinsel is normally said to extend south from Gertraudenstraße and is named for a fishermen's settlement which formerly occupied the southern end of the island. Until the mid-twentieth century it was a well preserved p

hotel in Leipzig, Germany

The Wintergartenhochhaus is a 32-story high-rise building in Leipzig-Mitte, subdivision Ostvorstadt. The residential building was built from 1970 to 1972 as Wohnhochhaus Wintergartenstraße (residential high-rise on Wintergartenstrasse) and is the third tallest high-rise in Leipzig after the City-Hochhaus and the Hotel The Westin. With a total height of and roof height, it was the tallest residential building in the East Germany and is now in the top hundred on the list of high-rise buildings in Germany. As a building of modernity and testimony of East German architectural history with rarity v

type of housing in East Germany

film theater in Berlin, Germany

thumb|Kulturpalast Dresden, view from Altmarkt/Wilsdruffer Straße (2006) The Kulturpalast Dresden () is a modernist building designed by Wolfgang Hänsch during the era of the German Democratic Republic. It was the largest multi-purpose hall in Dresden when it opened in 1969, and was used for concerts, dances, conferences and other events. The building underwent several years of reconstruction beginning in 2012 and opened with a new concert hall in April 2017.

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