The house of the German union of steel producers, in German: Haus des Deutschen Metallarbeiterverbandes, is one of the best examples of the German Art Deco style in Berlin. It was designed in the 1920’s by Erich Mendelssohn, a famous architect of the period, whose other projects include, among others Mossehaus, described on the blog here: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/01/18/art-deco-in-berlin-1-mossehaus/
The building from the outside shows traces of the streamline style architecture; the building itself vaguely resembles a ship.
On the inside it is decorated with gold-looking metal finishings in the corners and on the edges of walls.
The main feature of the building is a spiral staircase ornamented with very original looking lamps.
The works on the building began in 1929, and were finished one year later, in spite of the great depression, hitting the German economy especially hard.
During the 3rd Reich era the building was used as the headquarters of the German work front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) in Berlin, a workers-employers union closely connected to the Nazi regime.
The building burned down at the end of World War II, in 1945.
It was renovated in 1952, but it wasn’t used due to it’s unfortunate location in the vicinity of the Berlin Wall, erected in 1961, the building remained largely unused, up until 1989.
After the reunification of Germany, the structure was brought back to it’s original condition.
See my other posts on Art Deco buildings in Berlin here:
https://seeinberlin.com/2016/03/15/art-deco-in-berlin-renaissance-theater/
https://seeinberlin.com/2016/01/18/art-deco-in-berlin-1-mossehaus/
Wow! I love the staircase! Beautiful!
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Beautiful photographs. And such an interesting story–thank you for the education!
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Thank you for the appreciation:)
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Che meraviglia dell’ingegno umano!
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Very impressive building. Your photo looking down the spiral staircase encircling the chandelier is mesmerizing. Very nice…
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very informing and really nice photographs also its very educational
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This is really nice, & creative
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I need brochures, & design outlines
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so glad I happened onto here 🙂
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Obsessed with this. Can’t wait to visit Berlin in the fall!
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That spiral stair case is a unique style I love it. Great Information.
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Pictures like these make me wanna travel to places. Beautiful ❤
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The staircase is so beautifully taken ❤
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The pictures were great.so was the writing 🙂
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不错😊
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Cool 😂
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Such interesting photographs!
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That is amazing!
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I am in complete love. I want to see Berlin do much ,and these photos excited me so much that it was spiritually like being baptized in warm ,sweet wine.
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Amazing staircase. Didn’t know about the history of the building and its location. Thank you for sharing the information. I hope to see the staircase (personally) in the near future
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Sweeeeeeeeet!
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Wow that is incredible looking. Like something out of a movie!
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Looks similar to Barney New York downtown store stairs!
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Looks beautiful over there! But then that’s Berlin:)
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Wonderful work! Congratulations on being freshly pressed by WP!
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Thank you!
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I’ve always wanted to get to Germany. Seeing this makes me want to get there sooner
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Beautiful,fantastic,the longest staircase in the world
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nice picture 🙂
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Such a creative building😱
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This is very nice and creative
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Gosh, that’s gorgeous!
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Fantastic images, Art Deco is a personal favourite style. Really interesting read. Look forward to more.
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