David Kohn Architects and Nord Studio have won a competition to design a residential block in Berlin with a zig-zag profiled facade.
London-based David Kohn Architects and Berlin-based Nord Studio collaborated on a design for Lützowufer Berlin, which draws inspiration from the links between German and British architectural culture.
The 75-home apartment block, for developer Euroboden, will be seven stories tall and defined by its facade of angular bay windows forming a zig-zag profile, clad in terracotta tiles and pressed metal panels. A grouping of three large bays will mark the building's communal entryway.
"The project has allowed us to explore issues that have long preoccupied us: making generous domestic interiors, ensuring delight in shares spaces is plentiful and contributing to the wider city," architect and founder David Kohn told Dezeen.
"Having been so inspired by the immediate surroundings, we hope that the project will do justice to such a remarkable location."
According to the architects, the development positioned near industrial buildings from the 19th century and postmodern blocks of housing is designed to respond sensitively to its context.
Another reference the architecture team drew upon was was architect Herman Muthesius's 1905 publication Das Englische Haus, which explored the typologies peculiar to English homes such as bay windows, particular silhouettes and inglenooks - recessed corners for chimneys.
Many of the apartments will have open fireplaces, and the communal rooftop garden area will be punctuated by terracotta tile-clad chimneys and rooftop lanterns.
The roof profile will create a silhouette that mirrors both the chimney of a nearby factory, and the profile of Burghley House, a sixteenth-century country house in England renowned for its ostentatious profile that the architects also cited as a reference for their design.
When complete, the block will have a range of studio apartments, garden maisonettes, two and three bed apartments, and penthouses.
David Kohn Architects are one of nine architects creating a purpose-built Design District on the Greenwich Peninsula, in London. Founding partner David Kohn gave his house in Tufnell Park an extension in the shape of a fox.
Visualisations by Forbes Massie.
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