Unité d'Habitation of Berlin

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

Wheelchair access: Accessible

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The Unité d'Habitation of Berlin is a brutalist apartment tower completed in 1958 in the Berlin-Westend district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, designed by Le Corbusier as a realization of his influential Unité d'Habitation concept. Built from béton brut (rough-cast concrete) using prefabricated cast panels and poured ceiling slabs, the structure applies Le Corbusier's Modulor proportional system throughout its form, employing no more than fifteen Modulor measures in its design. One of five buildings materializing Le Corbusier's Unité concept, primarily constructed in France, the Berlin example exemplifies the early brutalist style. Notably, Le Corbusier himself excluded this work from his official oeuvre, a disavowal confirmed posthumously in the 1967 publication of his authorized works. Located southeast of Olympiastadion S-Bahn station, the building stands as an architectural heritage monument.