# Haus am Steinplatz: exterior [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ENDELL, August]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary In the Haus am Steinplatz, significant work in the history of the Berlin apartment building, ornamentation was confined to the entrance, while the whole façade formed a cohesive unity. The house was built in 1906-07 by August Endell and first opened as a hotel in 1913. The building later served as a retirement home, after which it was empty. After three years of renovation and remodelling, the new opening followed in December 2013 as a 5-star hotel. The house is a structural testimony to Art Nouveau in Berlin. The corner building at Steinplatz 4 is striking in the dense urban fabric of City West, which is characterized by historic apartment blocks. The olive-green façade, which is protected as a historical monument, is structured by two bay windows, geometric stucco elements and variously shaped lattice windows, and the unusual stucco, which is reminiscent of forest and night motifs. ## Related artworks - [Furniture]() - [Hackesche Höfe: first courtyard]() - [Hackesche Höfe: front building]() - [Hackesche Höfe: lower ballroon]() - [Table]() - [Trabrennbahn \(trotting racecourse\): aerial view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()