Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus


Home to the parliamentary library, this recently expanded, extravagant structure has a massive tapered stairway, a flat roofline jutting out like a springboard and giant circular windows. In the basement is an art installation by Ben Wagin featuring original segments of the Berlin Wall.

Accessible from the Luisenstrasse entrance is the Kunst-Raum, which presents politically infused contemporary art.


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