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General Information

Beginning of works: 1994
Completion: 1996
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Office building

Location

Location: , ,
Address: Taunustor 2-4
Coordinates: 50° 6' 39.96" N    8° 40' 21" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 115 m
number of floors (above ground) 27
number of floors (below ground) 4

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Japan Center is a high-rise building in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. The 115-meter-high office tower with 27 floors was completed in 1996.

Design and construction

The building was designed by Berlin architect Joachim Ganz and cost approximately 200 million Euros. It was completed in 1996. The strict geometric forms based on the measure of a Japanese tatami mat (0.9 m × 1.8 m) and terra cotta stone cladding correspond to classical Japanese design. Its wide roof reminisces the shape of a Japanese stone lantern. The building outline is square (36.9 m × 36.9 m). Its central core houses nine elevators, two emergency staircases and utility shafts. The facade features large and small square windows housing open plan and single offices respectively.

Interior

The ground floor is an arcade with shops and a Japanese restaurant. The 1st floor holds a multi-room conference center for up to 360 people. Utilities are housed in the 2nd floor followed by 21 office floors with a total area of 26,000 square meters. In the 25th floor, close to the roof, is another restaurant, which serves as a cafeteria and is used by a catering service as a venue. The topmost floors hold additional offices and utilities for the upper half of the building. The Japan Center office rooms are used by the European Central Bank.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Japan Center (Frankfurt)" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20008001
  • Published on:
    07/02/2003
  • Last updated on:
    29/07/2014
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