On recent visit to Berlin I was amazed by the variety of design within this fantastic city. I had expected to see some great new architecture as well as remnants from the cold war and soviet blocks and maybe its these contrasts that have led to a new wave of design in the city where nothing is quite as expected.
Skybars are incredibly popular in Berlin in a way that I haven’t seen in any other city, its seems that in almost every tower there’s a slick modern bar at the top, all with stunning views and interiors and a mix of minimal, furnished with design classics to the retro and cheesy to the point of being cool. One of the slick examples is the Solar Bar. Set in an unassuming 60s block near Potsdamer Platz, Berlins Canary Wharf. Once you actually find the place after weaving through the car park and passing the main block entrance you turn into to a secretive looking door, opened by a concierge to a reception with an eerie feeling that you’ve stepped into somewhere you shouldn’t have… I actually had to ask if this was the solar bar… a few seconds in an glass lift and you re-enter the building on the top floor to a slick black and white interior with 3m high windows framing the city, the leather seating is suspended from the ceiling and arranged to take in the views with the mezzanine level giving an impression of floating above the city skyline. With the Cold war TV tower and Eastern accommodation blocks as a backdrop to a Champagne Mojito you could be in another era…
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