Haus Sommer
Haus Sommer stands at Pariser Platz in Berlin, directly beside the Brandenburg Gate. Architect Josef Paul Kleihues designed this office building for a prominent setting in the city. Sandstone covers the facade, whose dimensions and layout echo the earlier building on the site.
The earlier Palais Wartensleben rose here in the 1730s and later belonged to a Scottish painter and a Prussian state minister. World War II destroyed the original structure on the site. After German reunification, redevelopment produced the present building in the late 1990s, combining historical proportions with modern offices. Commerzbank owns the building, which accommodates offices and exhibitions.
An exhibition space occupies the ground floor, linking daily work with Berlin’s cultural life. The building is wheelchair accessible for visitors.
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