Wender·Vista
Reichstag
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileGermany
on the bend of the Spree, west of the Brandenburg Gate

Reichstag

— a glass dome above the room that decides.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The old parliament with a glass crown. Norman Foster's dome opens above the chamber where the Bundestag meets, and on quiet evenings a slow line of visitors spirals up the inner ramp while Berlin turns blue outside. The building has been burned, sealed, wrapped in silver fabric, and reopened. The dome is the part that keeps.

from the studio
Reichstag
— bring it home

Reichstag, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Reichstag

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Reichstag sits on Platz der Republik in the Tiergarten quarter of Berlin, on the east bank of the Spree, a short walk north of the Brandenburg Gate. Architect Paul Wallot completed the original neo-Renaissance building in 1894 to house the Imperial Diet. After the 1933 fire and decades of partial ruin, Norman Foster's reconstruction reopened in 1999 with a transparent dome above the plenary chamber. It is now the seat of the German Bundestag, the lower house of the federal parliament.

— informed by Wikipedia, Bundestag
— the stone

The sandstone facade is the surviving body of Wallot's 1894 building, carrying the inscription Dem Deutschen Volke ('to the German people'), added in bronze in 1916. Bullet pocks from the Battle of Berlin in 1945 are still visible in the western wall, deliberately left during Foster's renovation. Cyrillic graffiti scrawled by Soviet soldiers in May 1945 survives inside the building, preserved behind glass. The new dome above is steel and laminated glass, twenty-three metres across, with an inverted mirror cone reflecting daylight into the chamber below.

— informed by Foster + Partners
— the visit

Access to the dome and rooftop terrace is free but requires online registration in advance with the Bundestag visitor service; passport identification is checked at the entrance. The spiral ramp climbs the inner cone of the dome to an open oculus, and an audio guide narrates the skyline as visitors ascend. The rooftop restaurant Käfer takes separate bookings. The building is closed to general entry during plenary sessions on weekdays, but the dome remains open from 8 a.m. to midnight, with last admission shortly before ten.

— where
Germany · Mitte, Berlin
— position
52.5186° N · 13.3762° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
0.5 km SE
Brandenburg Gate
neoclassical gate
0.3 km S
Tiergarten
central park
0.9 km SE
Holocaust Memorial
memorial
0.5 km NW
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
central station
N
Reichstag
Brandenburg Gate
Tiergarten
Holocaust Memorial
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Reichstag — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

British architect Norman Foster designed the glass dome as part of the 1992-1999 reconstruction. It replaces the original cupola destroyed in the Second World War and sits directly above the Bundestag chamber.

The building burned in February 1933 in a fire Hitler used to consolidate power, then was further wrecked during the Battle of Berlin in 1945. It stood as a partial ruin through the Cold War.

The bronze inscription above the western portico reads 'to the German people.' It was installed in 1916, late in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had resisted the dedication for over twenty years.

Yes, free of charge with online registration through the Bundestag visitor service. A spiral ramp climbs inside the glass dome to an open oculus, offering a 360-degree view of central Berlin.

Yes. In June 1995, the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the entire building in 100,000 square metres of silver polypropylene fabric. The installation stood for fourteen days before reconstruction work began.

— about the piece in your home

The Reichstag is one of the city's most recognisable buildings and carries layered meaning for Berliners. A Medium or Large reads well for someone who lived through reunification; a Coaster works as a smaller token.

The cool sandstone and glass dome palette pairs naturally with modern industrial, Bauhaus-influenced, and minimalist European interiors. It also holds its own against warmer mid-century rooms where it provides a structural counterpoint.

Architectural ceramic art has held a steady place in Bauhaus-influenced and Berlin-modern apartments for several years. The piece reads as collected rather than decorative, which suits the current move away from generic wall prints.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural carries the wall. Above a console table, a Medium reads at the right scale. For a stairwell or larger entry, a nine-tile Mural anchors the space.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation in humid rooms. The Glossy finish is reserved for framed pieces in dry interior spaces.

A soft microfibre cloth with water. The colour is held inside the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so household cleaners and abrasives are unnecessary and should be avoided.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in-house at the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The visual language is the studio's own and is not licensed from outside artists or stock imagery.

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