The remains of the historic Hotel Esplanade integrated into the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz. Berlin 2005.
The remains of the historic Hotel Esplanade integrated into the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz. Berlin 2005. --- HGW DE054135 RIGHTS PROTECTION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Until building work began on the new Potsdamer Platz, the Hotel Esplanade was a solitary ruin in the former wasteland between East and West Berlin. In a spectacular feat of engineering, the Breakfast Room and the Emperors' Room were integrated into the Sony Center. The neo-baroque Emperors' Room, weighing 1,300 tonnes, was lifted onto air cushions and moved around 70 metres to its present position. It is now a restaurant. --- The Sony Center as such is the most famous part of the Potsdamer Platz, an ensemble dominated by glass and steel. Seven individual buildings give space for shops, restaurants, a conference center, luxurious suites, offices, art and film museum, a cinema, and the Sony European headquarter. Designed by Helmut Jahn, construction was completed in 2000. The central feature is the oval forum which is designed as a public area and is therefore open to the neighbouring streets. The roof construction is spectacular engineering work: the membrane of tent style roof is fastened to a steel ring which joins the flanking buildings.
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