Berlin: Unter den Linden - Pariser Platz

Just east of the Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz (Paris Square) was once filled with important government buildings — all bombed to smithereens in World War II. For decades, it was an unrecognizable, deserted no-man's-land. But now, sparkling new banks, embassies (the French Embassy rebuilt where it was before World War II), as well as the rebuilt Hotel Adlon

As part of the reconstruction of Pariser Platz, new buildings have been added which are based on their historic forebears. Pariser Platz forms the link between the Brandenburg Gate and the magnificent »Unter den Linden Boulevard. It was originally a parade ground before barracks were built at the end of Unter den Linden during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm I.
Noble villas, embassies and the luxurious Hotel Adlon arose around the square. The square was destroyed in the Second World War.
Since the Fall of the Wall, new buildings by renowned international architects have been and are being built.
The Liebermann House and the Sommer House, newly constructed to the left and right of the Brandenburg Gate, were conceived as a pair, and their design is based on the previous buildings created by Stüler.
The Dresdner Bank building follows the architectural conventions of Pariser Platz closely, without degenerating into historicism.