General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Silo Restaurant building Television transmission tower |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany |
|---|---|
| Replaced by: |
Henninger Turm (2017)
|
| Coordinates: | 50° 5' 50" N 8° 41' 36" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 120 m | |
| weight | 28 000 t | |
| height to revolving restaurant | 101 m / 106 m | |
| building area | 441 m² | |
| height to platform | 110 m |
Case Studies and Applied Products
Project support at the very highest level for the new Henninger Turm
The Henninger Turm, with its very distinctive barrel-shaped top section, was and is once again one of the landmarks of Frankfurt. With formwork, scaffolding and a comprehensive range of services, PERI provid ... [more]
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Henninger Turm (Henninger Tower) was a grain storage silo located in the Sachsenhausen-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was built by Henninger Brewery (now part of the Binding Brewery/Radeberger Group) and had a storage capacity of 16,000 tons of barley. The 120 m (390 ft), 33-storey, reinforced concrete tower was designed by Karl Lieser and was built from 1959 to 1961. It was inaugurated on 18 May 1961. It was demolished in 2013. Until 1974 it was the tallest building in Frankfurt; and it remained the tallest storage silo in the world until its demolition.
On top of the building was a barrel-like pod which contained a viewing platform and a revolving restaurant (originally two). On October 2002, the tower was closed to the public. From 1961 to 2008, the annual professional cycling race Rund um den Henninger-Turm was held on 1 May, the course circling the tower multiple times.
Neuer Henninger Turm
In November 2012, it was announced that Henninger Turm would be demolished because it was too costly and uneconomic for renovation. Demolition began in January 2013 and was completed by the end of the year. On its site a new 140 m (460 ft) tall residential tower was built. The design was inspired by the old Henninger Turm. It contains 209 luxury apartments. The cornerstone for this project was laid in June 2014 and the tower was completed in summer 2017.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Henninger Turm" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Karl Lieser (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Architekturführer Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main Architectural Guide. 3rd edition, Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany), pp. 51.
- (1961): Der Henninger-Turm in Frankfurt (Main). In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, v. 56, n. 11 (November 1961), pp. 253-257.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20011033 - Published on:
16/12/2003 - Last updated on:
24/06/2020
