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HumboldtHafenEins: top-class sustainability performance

Situated in the heart of Berlin, directly at the waterfront, right next to Berlin Main Station – these are the key attributes that characterize the outstandingly central location of new office building HumboldtHafen-Eins. While this is certainly a very attractive proposition, it also required utmost care in the design process because diverging interests needed to be reconciled. For instance, the building should enable smooth office operation whilst providing public access to the waterfront and elegantly integrating itself into its urban surroundings.

The design elaborated by Frankfurt-based...

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