The hotel overlooked the crossing of the Kurfürstendamm shopping avenue with Joachimstaler Straße, in the city's Charlottenburg quarter.

[3] In early 1991, the Hamburg architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners[4] were retained to draw up a plan for the new Swissôtel Berlin and the commerce building, which led to a pre-notification in 1993.

The hotel's street level entrance hall faced Augsberger Strasse at its junction with Joachimstaler Straße and had a height of 11 metres (36 ft).

Dedicated elevators linked this hall with the hotel lobby, which was located on the third floor above ground level.

Meeting rooms, restaurants and bars opened off and surrounded the hotel lobby, which was two storeys tall and was lit by a glazed roof.