July 12, 2006

Sony Center, Berlin


The headquarters of Sony Europe, at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
The Sony Centre was designed by Helmut Jahn. The vast tent seen in the photograph covers a futurist fountain and the neo-baroque vestiges of the Grandhotel Esplanade, which was moved on jacks and air cushions so that the centre could be built.
We spent quite sometimes in Sony Center, explore and rested. The Sun is killing us. Raymond test drove one of the VolksWagon new virtual-car. We also saw the LG 'chocolate' was just launched in Germany.
We also saw the original Esplanade "Breakfast Room" where Charlie Chaplin used to dine. They moved the entier wall and the breakfast room behind the thick glass, but I am impressed with several detail amount of art that sitting on it.