The Hochhaus an der Weberwiese (literally "high house on the weaver's meadow") is a residential building in Berlin, located in the district of Friedrichshain.
Built as part of the plan for post-war reconstruction, it was the first example of socialist classicism in the German Democratic Republic.
The construction of a "high house" in the garden of Weberwiese was decided as part of the reconstruction plan of the district of Friedrichshain, devastated by the bombings of World War II.
The overall design of the new complex was laid by Hans Scharoun, who also personally executed some buildings, taking up the style of the "new objectivity", typical of the 1920s and 1930s.
This choice, however, was strongly criticized at the political level: the government of the newly formed GDR (East Germany) in fact preferred to direct the reconstruction following the principles of socialist classicism, typical of the Soviet Union of those years, advocating a return to "national traditions".