The Tintenpalast, which is located just north of Robert Mugabe Avenue, was designed by German architect Gottlieb Redecker and built by the company Sander & Kock between 1912 and 1913 out of regional materials as an administration building for the German government, which colonized Namibia at the time.
The three castles of Windhoek, Heinitzburg, Schwerinsburg and Sanderburg, are what he is best known for but he also built the Gathemann and Erkrath buildings and was involved in the erection of the Tintenpalast.