La arquitectura de las sedes del Instituto Arqueológico Alemán en Madrid / Zur Architektur der Vertretungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts in Madrid

In 1943 the newly founded Madrid department of the
German Archaeological Institute moved into rooms of
the German Cultural Institute, which had been established
in 1940 in the Paseo de Castellana. The building
was renovated by the Austrian architect Robert Kramreiter
in the contemporary neoclassical style of the German
state architecture, emulating the »Führerbau« in
Munich. In 1953 the department was reopened in Calle
Serrano 159, in a building of a very different style and
character. It forms part of the El Viso neighborhood, a
housing development constructed by the Spanish architect
Rafael Bergamín Gutiérrez between 1933 and 1936
in the modern style. According to the architect, the settlement
of El Viso was intended to give peace and a certain independence to people who live by their work.