An urban ensemble full of life, featuring seven buildings, has arisen on Potsdamer Platz, in central Berlin, in the form of the new Sony Center. The around 26,000 m² large site is located between the two traditional centres of the Kurfürstendamm and Friedrichstrasse, in an exceptionally interesting urban environment, and has provided space for a combination of work, residence and entertainment since January, 2000. The complex's central focus is a 4,000 m² covered forum. Lined with restaurants, cafés, shops and entertainment facilities, this outstandingly lit public area provides space for cultural events and encounters. Office and residential zones with a total area of more than 100,000 m² are distributed around the striking triangular area between Potsdamer Strasse and Bellevuestrasse. All seven of the Sony Center's buildings feature impressive futuristic architecture in a synthesis of steel and glass elements.

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