Dortberghaus
Dortberghaus stands in Dortmund as an architectural landmark with roots in the city’s industrial history. Cologne architect Emil Rudolf Mewes designed the building.
It began as an administrative building for Gelsenkirchen Mining-AG, following Mewes’s success in an architectural competition. Construction began in 1937 and finished in 1938.
An intended U-shaped plan remained incomplete when the Second World War changed the project’s course. War damage struck the side facing Katharinenstraße.
After reconstruction, Dortmund City Council used the building until 2004. The building later stood vacant before plans recast it as a business hotel.
Renovation renewed the historic natural-stone façade and replaced the windows. Inside, workers stripped the structure back to its core for hotel facilities.
The planned IntercityHotel includes rooms, meeting spaces, a restaurant, a bistro lounge, and a bar. B&L Group and Ralf Schulte Ladbeck shaped the redevelopment.
Matteo Thun & Partners from Milan developed the interior design for the hotel conversion. Dortberghaus therefore connects Dortmund’s architectural history with the reuse of an existing urban building.
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