Elbkaihaus
The Elbkaihaus is an office building in Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt .
Description and history
The building is located at Große Elbstraße 143-145 on the banks of the Norderelbe in the port of Hamburg, not far from Dockland .
The building used today as an office building was originally a fish cold store built in the 1960s, the upper floors of which were suspended from coverings that visually disappeared into the roof area. This construction was necessary because the water-side supports could only bear the weight of the semi-portal cranes .
The architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners created the plans for a renovation of the building . The renovation itself took place from 1998 to 1999. The existing coverings were exposed and worked into the new roof structures as end walls; the formwork-rough reinforced concrete columns inside the building were given a glazed coating. The loading platforms on the waterside were retained, but the building was given a new glass facade.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralf Lange: Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide . 1st edition. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 90 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '39.6 " N , 9 ° 56" 9.4 " E