Traditional 1945–1953

Architecture

Block C North, façade detail, architecture: R. Paulick

Fresh start and future promise

The ‘16 principles of urban development’ were immediately applied to architecture: In 1951, Walter Ulbricht hailed the Deutsche Sporthalle (German Sports Centre; architect: Richard Paulick), with its impressive colonnade vestibule, as “a first step in the right direction”.

Architect Hermann Henselmann designed the high-rise at Weberwiese, combining monumental proportions with Schinkel-inspired lines.
This building and the other residential buildings along Stalinallee were largely built from bricks recycled from the war rubble.

Discover more about this topic in the following short films, the web stories:

Second trip to Moscow – Early 1950

Second trip to Moscow – Early 1950

“German architecture” as a new guiding vision in the east

“German architecture” as a new guiding vision in the east

Aldo Rossi and the rediscovery of Stalinallee

Aldo Rossi and the rediscovery of Stalinallee