The Czech Embassy in Berlin has relocated due to the reconstruction of the embassy

Berlin - The Czech embassy in Germany has moved to a new address due to the planned renovation of its headquarters. It has relocated from the brutalist building designed by Věra and Vladimír Machonin to a building at the nearby Hausvogteiplatz. The embassy informed about this on network X. At the same time, it noted that from today until Wednesday, the consular department will operate in a limited capacity.

"We have moved! From our unique embassy building at Wilhelmstrasse 44 - due to the planned multi-year renovation - to temporary premises at Hausvogteiplatz 10," stated the Czech embassy. It added that the two buildings are less than a kilometer apart.

The building, which originally served as the embassy of Czechoslovakia in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was completed in 1978. It was designed by the Machonin couple, whose most famous works in the Czech Republic include the Kotva department store and the House of Culture (DBK) in Prague, as well as the Thermal hotel complex in Karlovy Vary. The then-ambassador Tomáš Kafka told ČTK at the beginning of August that the embassy aims to seek the building’s inclusion on the list of protected monuments after the renovation.

The long-delayed renovation, according to the plans of the Czech government, is set to begin no earlier than spring 2025. The total costs, including a necessary twenty percent reserve, were estimated in 2017 by a government resolution at 726.7 million crowns. However, the actual amount remains unclear. The embassy has rented the temporary premises in the building at Hausvogteiplatz for five years.