Bierpinsel


The Bierpinsel, or beer brush as some people call it, is a 47 meter high building that fitted in 1970s Steglitz, with its futuristic architecture. The building's name came from the Berlin slang and was built in a form that resembles a tree. The building has been listed since January 2017.

The building

The Steglitz tower restaurant, opened on October 13, 1976, and was in construction between 1972 and 1976, according to Ralf Schüler and his wife Ursulina Schüler-Witte. The building was an extension of the Joachim Tiburtius Bridge. The tower was created out of concrete, plastic cladding and paint. It is one of the last architectural buildings that have been kept in Berlin and is of the pop art movement.

Turmkunst 2010

Starting in April 2010, several prominent graffiti artists painted the exterior of the structure over several weeks, as part of the Turmkunst 2010 project - an exhibition of street-art taking place both in and around the tower.