Sony Center, Berlin
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Brief description: | New building: Public meeting and entertainment venue |
| Awarding authority: | Sony Germany and project partner Tishman Speyer, Kajima |
| Completion: | 2000 |
| Architect: | Helmut Jahn, Murphy / Jahn, Chicago |
| Steel Constructor: | Wagner-Biro, Graz, Austria |
| Cidect member: | V & M DEUTSCHLAND GmbH |
Details:
Steel construction made of circular MSH sections (273 - 508 mm diameter) designed as a steel corset for the 4,000 m² column-free tent roof. The columns create an oval-shaped space frame with axes up to a length of 107 m. V & M supplier part: 600 t circular MSH sections.