How did Berlin come to look the way it does today? Considering Berlin a model for the development of a European capital in modern times, this lecture provides an overview of the development of public and private architecture in Berlin during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The interdependence of Berlin’s architecture and the city’s social and political structures will be illustrated with examples of buildings and sites in the cityscape’s historical evolution – so virtually walk the streets of Berlin with us!