House of Travel

The House of Travel (German: Haus des Reisens)[1] is a 18-story building at Alexanderplatz in the Mitte district of Berlin.

In 1993, the building was supposed to be demolished and replaced with a 140-story skyscraper, according to plans of Hans Kollhoff and Helga Timmermann, but the demolition didn't happen.

The skyscraper is surround by a two-story base which consist of two slightly shifted structures, the roofs of which have unusual wave-like moldings which curve upwards.

On the eastern facade of the building on the level of the second floor there is a copper relief work by Walter Womacka.

It's named "Der Mensch überwindet Zeit und Raum" (English: Man Overcomes Time and Space).

Copper relief, “Man Overcomes Time and Space” by Walter Womacka