The legendary 1950s building complex is conveniently situated directly on the greenbelt eastern bank of the Spree. In 1951 the architect Franz Ehrlich was commissioned with creating a broadcasting centre with self-contained infrastructure on the site of a partially destroyed veneer factory in Berlin-Oberschöneweide.

The broadcasting centre, from where all of the GDR’s national radio stations produced and broadcast their programmes, represents one of the GDR’s most important pieces of architecture and also Franz Ehrlich’s greatest work.
Thousands of jobs were created and the site on Nalepastrasse developed into a small town which was in operation until German reunification.

With the fall of the GDR, the broadcasting centre also ceased to operate. Since the beginning of 2007 the site has been undergoing an exciting revitalisation…the Funkhaus Berlin is now the ideal spot for modern working and living.