ELBE RIVER The so called "Perlenkette" (strip of pearls) represents a long row of architecture projects on an narrow stroke of land along the northern margins of the river Elbe. At the Hamburg fish market, where on Sunday mornings all kinds of goods, including fish, are being sold, an old malt factory has been converted into a retail centre for interior design. Former warehouses and silos provide space for apartments, offices and restaurants.

At the Elbberg (a slope from a higher level to the river bank) the Hamburg based architecture firm Bothe Richter Teherani has realised three very particular buildings all dealing with the specific site in very special way.

The western end of the "Perlenkette" is marked by a couple of U-shaped office buildings, situated on an artificial embankment for flood protection. During this tour tremendous views on the water and the opposite harbour can constantly be enjoyed. After the tour it is the possible to take a river boat back to the city centre and experience the architecture also from the water perspective.


Topics:  waterfront, urban renewal, revitalisation,  reuse,  iconic architecture

Architecture tour/ boat trip along the new architectural "pearls" on the northern river bank information / contact

Architecture designed by William Alsop, BRT Bothe Richter Teherani, Antonio Citterio, Gerkan Marg und Partner, Grüntuch und Ernst, KCAP Kees Christiaanse, KSP Engel und Zimmermann, Klaus-Peter Lange, me di um, Carsten Roth, Spengler Wiescholek, Jan Störmer and others