Kongresshalle [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt @nl
label: Haus der Kulturen der Welt
label: Kongresshalle
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened 1956
description: museum in Berlijn @nl
alternative label: Haus der Kulturen der Welt [Berlin]
EEConde: Berlin 147
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
City: Berlin
opening date: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: Germany
Address: John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
closure date: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 10557
Wikidata source: Q704933
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137547
GPS: Point(13.3648 52.5188)
Web: www.hkw.de
Wikicommons gallery: Kongresshalle_Berlin
city section: Berlin-Mitte
Importance: Local importance
Wikidata instance: Q33506
Wikidata instance: Q1378975
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q185468
Carthalia ID: 1655
Note: Built 1956-1957 by Hugh Stubbins as Kongreßhalle for the Benjamin-Franklin-Stiftung, as the U. S. American contribution to the international architecture exhibition, Interbau 1957. The complex included a convention centre, function rooms, and a theatre hall. Opened 19 Sep 1957 with theatre performances, concerts and various symposia. The freely sweeping roof construction collapsed on 21 May 1980, killing one person. 1982-1986 rebuilding. 1988 renamed Haus der Kulturen der Welt [House of the Cultures of the World]. Since then, used as an intercultural centre offering a wide range of exhibitions, conferences, lectures, concerts, films, and theatre performances.