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| Westendstraße 1 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Westendstraße 1 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°06′38″N 8°39′45″E / 50.11056°N 8.66250°E / 50.11056; 8.66250 |
| Construction started | 1990 |
| Opening | 1993 |
| Cost | US$400 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 53 3 below ground |
| Floor area | 80,700 m (868,600 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Structural engineer | BGS Ingenieursozietät LeMessurier Consultants |
| Main contractor | Hochtief AG |
| References | |
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. As of 2023, 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 façades and flat slabs. Each floor height is around 3.6 metres (12 ft) with a floor area of 950 m (10,200 sq ft). The façade 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 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, Israel, 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.
In popular culture
- Westendstrasse 1 appears under the name Khoury Art Foundation Building as a vanilla stage 8 Euro-Contemporary building set in SimCity 4 (Deluxe or with Rush Hour).
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1 Tallest skyscrapers in Frankfurt am Main
1 Commerzbank Tower
2 Messeturm
3 Westendstraße 1
4 Main Tower
5 Tower 185
6 ONE
7 Omniturm
8 Trianon
9 Seat of the European Central Bank
10 Grand Tower
11 Opernturm
12 Taunusturm
13 Silberturm
14 Westend Gate
15 Deutsche Bank Twin Towers
16 Marienturm
17 Skyper
18 Eurotower
19 One Forty West
20 The Spin
21 Four
22 Frankfurter Büro Center
23 City-Haus
24 Gallileo
25 Garden Tower
26 Japan Center
27 WinX
28 Global Tower
29 Senckenberg Turm
30 MainTor
31 Eden Frankfurt
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
- List of tallest buildings in Germany
- List of tallest buildings in Europe
References
- "Westendstrasse 1". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- "Emporis building ID 109673". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- "Westendstrasse 1". SkyscraperPage.
- Westendstrasse 1 at Structurae
- "Sim City 4 Building Index". simcity4buildings.net. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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