City Light House
Berlin
- Phases: Appraisal, Preliminary design, Design development, Planning approval, Technical planning, Site management
- Planning time: 2000 - 2002
- Gross Floor Area: 3920 m2
- Building contractor: City Light House GmbH & Co. KG, c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
Light, transparent and luminous - this prominent block close to Kurfürstendamm defines surprising materiality and minimalist power.
It consists of the "cell façade", newly designed by CollignonArchitektur. Its solutions, in terms of technical construction, building physics and architecture, are an innovative development of the double façade. This façade is part of the overall ecological concept of the building. It saves energy and improves thermal comfort in winter. It also provides sound insulation with natural window ventilation at this highly congested intersection. The sustainable concept allowed the authorities to approve a very high land usage density for this compact office and commercial building. An integral part of the architecture is the lighting design of the façade.
The project was developed by CollignonArchitektur, which has been part of planquadrat Elfers Geskes Krämer since 2025.
