Others involved in the project:

Architect: Axel Schultes Architekten, Frank Schultes Witt
Design concept: Axel Schultes, Charlotte Frank
Lighting design: Licht-Kunst-Licht, Bonn/Berlin www.lichtkunstlicht.de
Electrical installation: Methling, Berlin/Wesel
Luminaire installation: Elektro Blitz Mitte, Berlin
Building sponsor: Bundesbaugesellschaft Berlin

Construction progress:
First spade cut: February 1997
Work on building shell: June 1997 - October 1999
Interior design: June 1999 - April 2001
Completion: April 2001
Hand-over of keys: May 2nd, 2001

Technical data:
The Chancellery provides approx. 450 workstations in 370 office rooms
Total area of site: 73,000 m²
Partial area without Chancellor's Park: 44,000 m²
Built-up area (incl. conservatory): 12,000 m²
Main useful area: 19,000 m²

Open-air grounds:
Cour d'honneur: 4,700 m²
Chancellor's Garden: 6,400 m²
Chancellor's Park: 30,000 m²

Miscellaneous:
Height of the central building: 36 m
Length of north wing: 182/204 m
Length of south wing: 300/335 m
Height of side wing: 18 m
Number of stories in side wing: 5
Underground levels: 2
Number of conservatories: 13

Perimeter wall:
Length: approx. 600 m
Height: 4.10 m

Internet:
www.bundeskanzleramt.de
www.bundesbaugesellschaft.de/dt/bka.htm