General Information
| Completion: | 1993 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
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Location
| Location: |
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany |
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| Address: | Westend-Straße 1 |
| Coordinates: | 50° 6' 38.16" N 8° 39' 45" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 208 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 53 |
Cost
| cost of construction | German Mark 800 000 000 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Westendstraße 1 is a 53-storey, 208 m (682 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. The structure was completed in 1993 and together with the nearby City-Haus, forms the headquarters of DZ Bank. In 1995 it won the "Best Building of the Year" award by the American Chamber of Architects in the multifunctional skyscraper category. The tower is the third tallest skyscraper in Frankfurt and also in Germany.
Design
Overview
The building, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, is similar in style to an older building by the same architects, 1250 René-Lévesque in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The building is a reinforced concrete structure with a perforated facades and flat slabs. The floor height is usually 3.6 m with a floor area of 950 square meters. The facade consists of fine, golden granite, giving it a white and bright appearance from afar. The building was designed by architect William Pedersen. The characteristic ring beam at the top of the tower (known commonly as the crown) is a reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, but is also intended as a reminder to Frankfurt's history as the city where German emperors were crowned. The crown faces towards the old part of Frankfurt where the coronations were held at the Frankfurt Cathedral. The 95 tonne steel crown is heated in winter to prevent the forming of icicles which could endanger pedestrians or cars on the street below. The design for Moshe Aviv Tower also called "City Gate" skyscraper in Ramat Gan was inspired by the building.
Features
A sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, called Inverted Collar and Tie is set up in front of the entrance.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Westendstrasse 1" and modified on June 13, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Architekturführer Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main Architectural Guide. 3rd edition, Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany), pp. 87.
- (1996): Skyscrapers. Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA), pp. 110-111.
- (2008): Skyscrapers. A History of the World's Most Extraordinary Buildings. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA), ISBN 978-1-57912-787-9, pp. 112-113.
- (2001): Eine verglaste Netzschale: Dach und Skulptur. DG Bank am Pariser Platz. In: Bautechnik, v. 78, n. 7 (July 2001), pp. 457-463.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20001159 - Published on:
10/12/2000 - Last updated on:
10/11/2023
