Berlin: area by area – Tiergarten – Diplomatic Quarter

The Mexican embassy, opened in 2000, is one of the most interesting pieces of contemporary architecture in Berlin. It has a façade of slim vertical concrete beams and a glass screen behind the entrance: The total effect is of dynamism combined with transparency.

The "Klingelhöfer Triangle" between the Landwehrkanal, Stülerstraße and Klingelhöferstraße has been completely redeveloped as an embassy sector.Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland decided to build their embassies on one site in the Rauchstraße; the six buildings of the Nordic Embassies complex are enclosed by a turquoise-patinated façade, known as the "copper band". Each of these buildings has its own architectural character, however: the style of each embassy is intended to reflect the nature of the country it represents.