EDGE East Side Tower is a 36-storey, 142 metres (466 ft) skyscraper in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, Germany.
The designs were preceded by an invitation competition for three teams of architects, which was won by the Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group.
The Senate's specifications were based on the valid Berlin development plan from 2004, which was entitled Rough & Wild and aimed to fit the single tower well into the existing buildings in the area.
The building committee of the Senate administration had requested further adjustments to the first draft, which led to a change in the base area and the rhythm of the columns and beams.
Discussions on the withdrawal of building rights in October 2019 turned out to be legally hopeless – the “particularly high urban planning and architectural quality” required in the Berlin high-rise guidelines therefore does not have to be applied.
The public pension insurance company Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) is the final investor behind the EDGE East Side Towers.
In addition to the office space, the first two floors are open to the public and have restaurants, cafés and event rooms.