The Shell-Haus in Berlin was built for the Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke AG between 1930 and 1932 to plans by Emil Fahrenkamp. The Rhenania-Ossag Mineralölwerke AG became the Deutsche Shell AG in 1947, hence the current name of the building. These days it is used by the German Ministry of Defense.
![Shell-Haus facade](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/3814ff9b-a64b-42d5-a867-cec9a016a05e_rw_1920.jpg?h=7caac12035404ff30fcd09a8d184621c)
Shell-Haus facade
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Shell-Haus facade
One of the first steel-framed high-rise buildings in Berlin, its most striking feature is the waving facade rising from 5 to 10 levels high. Stylistically it is part of the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement.
![Shell-Haus](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/2741eb2a-0bf2-4927-b3ec-66f32250be3b_rw_1920.jpg?h=5c9c3564afd156e6aa1ed336e75f6016)
Shell-Haus
![Shell-Haus](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/dd8da91e-f4de-4261-a23a-093b30f2e9df_rw_1920.jpg?h=9b044de567936d71c828bcc219b933a2)
Shell-Haus
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