Former Iraqi Embassy in Berlin The embassy of the first non-Socialist government to recognize the GDR
Former Iraqi Embassy in Berlin
Tschaikowskistraße 51, Berlin 13156, Germany
ARCHITECTS NAME: Horst Bauer
CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1974
SPACE TYPE: Public institution's headquarters
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The Iraqi Embassy was planned and designed in 1974 by a German- Iraqi Architect Group, headed by Horst Bauer. The building itself is mainly made up of standardized prefabricated elements (the famous plattenbauten), which were produced by the Berlin based factory Kombinat Ingenieurhochbau Berlin.
The buildings surrounding the Iraqi Embassy were designed in a similar fashion and made up the so- called diplomatic district of Pankow as they served as the embassies of France, Italy and Australia, as well as the residence of the Polish Ambassador to the GDR.
In 1969, Iraq was the first non-Socialist government to recognize the GDR under international law.
Source: digitalcosmonaut (ENGLISH) and wikipedia (GERMAN)
CONTRIBUTOR: Katja Volkenant
