This is the former Academy of Architecture by Schinkel. Before it's destruction the building looked like this. What you see now is a framework with a tarpaulin.
Schinkel designed and built the Academy on the western bank of the River Spree vom 1832 to 1836. It housed two Royal Prussian authorities: The Academy of Architecture and the State Building Commission).
In February 1945 it was damaged by bombs and its interior burnt down completely. The GDR wanted to make room for their Foreign Office and pulled it down in 1961.
Now there is an Association fo r the Promotion of the Academy of Architecture with the purpose to reconstruct the building. The facade should be built in the historic style and it could be used as an international congress centre.
In the background you see the modern German Foreign Minstry.
More information on the Association fo r the Promotion of the Academy of Architecture you can find here: www.schinkelsche-bauakademie.de
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