Committee room with  video transmission  equipment			The main feature of the Paul Löbe House is its regular, comb-like structure, and the open planted courtyards which open to the north and south. From the outside, the courtyards offer a view into the rotundas, in each of which are two double-storeyed meeting rooms for committee meetings.   Looking inward: rotundas with committee rooms;   looking outward     Central hall with galleries and connecting bridge A further element contributing to the transparency of the building aimed at by the architect is the eight-storeyed hall with its glass roof, which stretches through the whole complex from west to east. Open galleries on seven levels run north and south, connecting the office areas with the committee meeting rooms.
				The western and eastern facades are of glass, allowing an unhindered view through the central hall which separates the two halves of the building, from the forum over the Spree to the parliamentary library, emphasizing the relationship between the Paul Löbe House and the Marie-Elisabeth Lüders House. The main entrance and approach area to the Paul Löbe House is marked by a generously-proportioned portico on the western side; the southern part of the building is served by another Spreeside entrance right next to the Reichstag.
	Eastern glass façade			The Paul Löbe House’s western entrance with its cantilevered canopy
				The form of the separate rotunda is characterized by its contrast to the double enclosing wall which delimits the part of the building nearest to Ebertplatz, and the markedly orthogonal structure of the main building. The rotunda, which is 26 meters in diameter, houses two separate restaurants in its lower part. The 150-seat ground-level restaurant, which for security reasons is only accessible from inside the building, is for the exclusive use of the staff and parliamentary representatives. The restaurant above is open to visitors to the building, and the members of committees sitting there. In the upper part of the building is the 261 square meter Europa-Saal in which the Europe committee of the Bundestag or, when necessary, other committees needing a large chamber will hold their sessions. Along the back wall of the hall are cabins for interpreters, and rooms for technical equipment, while to the Spree there is a spacious terrace. Paul Löbe House and the western side of Spreeplatz
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