 In 1545 to 1550, an extension with three floors, containing a new Wittheits-Stube and offices, was built between the town hall and the archbishop's palace, showing a Renaissance style gable eastward facing the cathedral.In the end of the century, Bremen lived through its second boom, and a great relaunch of the town hall was headed.The main artist was the architect and mason Lüder von Bentheim.