Sony Center

An overall lighting scheme unifies the office, residential, commercial, and public spaces as well as the façade. In the daytime, light emphasizes the building’s transparency, while at night, light intensifies the reflective quality of glass. Lighting further compliments the architecture’s high-tech vocabulary, by exposing such elements as nuts and bolts.


Location Berlin, Germany
Date Completed 2000
Architect Murphy/Jahn Architects
Landscape Architect PWP Landscape Architecture
Client Sony with its partners Tishman Speyer Properties and Kajima
Type Offices + Workplace
Status Built

L'Observatoire Intl Team
Principal Hervé Descottes
Photo Credits Hans G Esch