page_title: House of Travel
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: House of Travel / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Berlin-Mitte, "Haus des Reisens", östliche Fassade mit Relief "Der Mensch überwindet Zeit und Raum" von Walter Womacka
context_page_description: The House of Travel is a 18-story building at Alexanderplatz in the Mitte district of Berlin. It was completed in 1971 and is located at Alexanderstraße 7.
context_section_description: The House of Travel architecture is in the International Style, the skyscraper walls consist of Aluminum construction. The skyscraper is surround by a two-story base which consist of two slightly shifted structures, the roofs of which have unusual wave-like moldings which curve upwards. On the eastern facade of the building on the level of the second floor there is a copper relief work by Walter Womacka. It's named "Der Mensch überwindet Zeit und Raum" (“Man overcomes Time and Space”).
caption: Copper relief “Man overcomes Time and Space” by Walter Womacka
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