Estrel Tower
{{Short description|Skyscraper under construction in Berlin, Germany}}
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| address = Sonnenallee 225
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| status = Topped-out
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| architecture_firm = Barkow Leibinger
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The Estrel Tower is a 176 m tall skyscraper topped-out in the Neukölln district of Berlin, Germany. After its completion in 2025 the building will become Berlin's tallest building and Germany's tallest hotel.{{Cite web |title=Estrel Tower |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/estrel-tower/16789 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=skyscrapercenter.com}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Barkow Leibinger |url=https://barkowleibinger.com/archive/view/competition_estrel_tower_berlin |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=barkowleibinger.com}}
In December 2017 the borough assembly of Neukölln gave its permission for the project.{{Cite web |last=Michaelis |first=Nils |title=Weg frei für Estrel Tower - Berliner Abendblatt |url=https://berliner-abendblatt.de/2018/01/06/weg-frei-fuer-estrel-tower/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Berliner Abendblatt |language=de-DE}} 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 {{convert|9000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of office space.{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Lauren Jade |date=2021-12-26 |title=Project in focus: Estrel Tower, Berlin |url=https://tophotel.news/project-in-focus-estrel-tower-berlin/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=TOPHOTELNEWS |language=en-US}}
The construction started in November 2021.{{Cite web |title=Berlins bald höchstes Gebäude wächst ab sofort in die Höhe |url=https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2021/11/bauarbeiten-fuer-estrel-tower-beginnen.html |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.rbb24.de |language=de}} The project aims to earn a LEED Platinum certification.{{Cite web |last=Krieg |first=Julian |date=2024-05-01 |title=100-meter mark - “Sky’s the limit”: Estrel Tower sets new standards in the Berlin skyline!” |url=https://estreltower.com/en/neue-news-englisch/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Estrel Tower |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://estreltower.com Official website]
{{Skyscrapers in Berlin}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Neukölln
Category:Buildings and structures under construction in Germany