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skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany

Key facts

Type
Office
Location
Kaiserplatz 1, Frankfurt , Hesse , Germany
Cost
DM 600 million
Owner
Samsung Insurance Corporation (sold for €620 million; sold-and-leased back until 2031 by Commerzbank)
Antenna spire
300.1 m (985 ft)
Roof
258.7 m (849 ft)
Floor area
109,200 m (1,175,000 sq ft)
Architect
Norman Foster
Developer
Commerzbank
Structural engineer
Arup , Krebs und Kiefer
Main contractor
Hochtief AG
Public transit access
Willy-Brandt-Platz 11 Willy-Brandt-Platz

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
office building
Named after
Commerzbank AG
Country
Germany
Area
91000
Material used
aluminium
Location
Innenstadt
Image
Commerzbank-Hochhaus 2010-09-06 01.jpg
Height
259
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structural engineer
Arup
number of elevators
25
street address
Große Gallusstraße 17–19
native label
Commerzbank Tower
Commons category
Commerzbank Tower
architect
Norman Foster
main building contractor
Hochtief
floors above ground
56
floors below ground
2
architectural style
modern architecture
inception
1997-00-00
capital cost
600000000
maximum capacity
2800
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Encyclopedic overview

Commerzbank Tower is a 56-story, 259 m (850 ft) skyscraper in the banking district of Frankfurt, Germany. Including an antenna spire on top, the tower has a total height of 300.1 m (985 ft), making it the tallest building in Germany.

Commerzbank Tower was designed by Foster & Partners, with Arup and Krebs & Kiefer (structural engineering), J. Roger Preston with P&A Petterson Ahrens (mechanical engineering), Schad & Hölzel (electrical engineering). Construction of the building began in 1994 and took three years to complete. The building provides 121,000 m (1,300,000 sq ft) of office space for the Commerzbank headquarters, including winter gardens and natural lighting and air circulation. The building is lighted at night with a yellow lighting scheme that was designed by Thomas Ende who won a competition.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Commerzbank Tower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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