Tragwerksplanung und Rohbauausführung des neuen Henninger Turm

Structural design and construction of the new Henninger Turm

The following paper covers special issues and solutions on the structural design and construction of the new Henninger Turm in Frankfurt. The 140 m tall high-rise building susceptible to structure oscillations demanded special efforts in the design of the bracing structural elements, the foundation and the structural modelling. The first part of the paper focuses on how the ambitious architetural design by MSW - Meixner Schlüter Wendt was adopted in a maximum space and cost-efficient structural design in which the contrary building types, high-rise building and base structure, were combined jointless. The second part shows special construction solutions due to which the complete shell construction could be completed in somewhat more than 1½ years.