The centrepiece of the group of buildings is the Bikinihaus with a total length of 200 metres. The lower three floors of the Bikinihaus are home to retail and gastronomy offers. The third to sixth upper floors house exclusive office spaces. The highlight of the BIKINI BERLIN building complex is the 7000 m² freely accessible green rooftop terrace, on a two-storey new build behind the Bikinihaus, facing the Zoological Garden, Germany’s oldest and best known zoo. Below this is a large marketplace, the BIKINI BERLIN POOL. The focus here is a panoramic window with spectacular views of the monkey enclosure in the Zoological Garden.
The name BIKINI BERLIN comes from the name Bikinihaus, which is how local Berliners affectionately christened the building in the 1950s. An open-sided storey framed by columns on the second floor once separated the building into one upper and one lower area. For the Berlin locals, the two-tier architecture, which today is fully glazed, reminded them of the daring new swimwear fashion of that time, the bikini.
