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Canada House, Berlin

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It was designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects with Gagnon Letellier Cyr architects and Smith Carter Architects + Engineers. The design has been praised by the German press for its "openness", particularly the walkway which allows pedestrians to short-cut through the property on their
321:. The centre hosts a permanent exhibition dedicated to McLuhan, based on its collection of film and audio items by and about him. Apart from media events, The centre also hosts screenings, presentations and lectures, like the annual 211:
The design for the new embassy was the subject of a national competition, for which the international jury selected the scheme proposed by Montreal-based Saucier Perrotte. However, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs at that time,
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The chancery building is leased and has a mix of embassy offices in a secure zone, and private sector tenants in a public zone. About 100 Canadian diplomatic staff and locally employed personnel work at the embassy.
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Unlike other western nations, Canada never had an embassy in Berlin when it was the capital from 1871 to 1945 (although there was a
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from Ontario inside. The largest room, the "Timber Hall" is a twenty-sided multi-purpose room with a
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The media room is called the Marshall McLuhan Salon, named after Canadian media philosopher
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of media theorists that is always organized on the evening before the opening of
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station. However, this is primarily the result of German regulations.
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presenting at Marshall McLuhan Lecture, Canadian Embassy Berlin, 2023
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and later destroyed in preparation for construction of the
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Canada House (Berlin)

Berlin
Leipziger Platz
52°30′37″N 13°22′39″E / 52.5103°N 13.3775°E / 52.5103; 13.3775
Ambassador
John Horgan
Official website
German
Berlin
diplomatic mission of Canada
consulate
West Germany
Bonn
East Germany

Leipziger Platz
Second World War
Berlin Wall
Lloyd Axworthy
ridings
Jean Chrétien
chancery
Adrienne Clarkson
Governor General of Canada
Potsdamer Platz
U-Bahn
green roof
Mackenzie River Delta
Tyndall limestone

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