Neue Mainzer Strasse 32–36
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| Global Tower (behind the now demolished Deutsche Bank IBCF and the Commerzbank Tower , on the right the K26 ) | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36 ( city center ) |
| Opening: | 1973 |
| Architectural style : | International style |
| Architects : | Richard Heil |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | Administration building |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 108.6 m |
| Floors : | 28 |
| Height comparison | |
| Frankfurt am Main : | 29. ( list ) |
| Germany : | 56. ( list ) |
| address | |
| City: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Country: | Germany |
The office building Global Tower (also known as former Commerzbank headquarters or Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 ) is a high-rise building in the city of Frankfurt am Main .
The 108.6 meter high tower with 28 floors was completed in 1973, making it one of the first high-rise buildings in Frankfurt's banking district . Richard Heil is the architect of the building .
Building history
Commerzbank announced a competition for the construction in 1968. Seven architectural offices were invited: the Frankfurt offices Walter Maria Schultz , ABB Architects , Max Meid & Helmut Romeick and Richard Heil, the Düsseldorf offices HPP and Heinrich Rosskotten & Edgar Tritthart, and as an international architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . The jury decided in favor of Richard Heil's design because he had good contacts with the city administration and made optimal use of the property.
The listed high-rise is reminiscent of famous buildings such as the Seagram Building in New York or the Toronto-Dominion Center in terms of shape, color and material and is considered a prime example of the elegance and reduced style of modern architecture.
The design for the associated multifunctional forum comes from Lord Norman Foster .
use
From 1974 to 1997, the Commerzbank building served as headquarters, then the administration moved to the new Commerzbank Tower , which is located on the neighboring property.
Today the building is no longer used by Commerzbank. A large part was rented to the European Central Bank (ECB) . Since November 2014, all ECB employees have moved to a new building in Ostend .
Revitalization
In 2016 the German Estate Group (GEG) bought the building from Commerzbank.
According to plans by Meyer Schmitz-Morkramer Architekten, the high-rise has been revitalized since the end of 2017. It is to be upgraded with modern, up to 2.80 m high offices, the latest building technology with heating / cooling ceilings and mechanical ventilation, roof terraces on the 4th and 25th floors and a two-story lobby. The investment volume is over 270 million euros. Completion is scheduled for 2020 under the name Global Tower .
literature
- Teresa Fankhänel, office building Neue Mainzer Strasse 32–36 , in: Philipp Sturm, Peter Cachola Schmal: Hochhausstadt Frankfurt. Buildings and Visions since 1945 , Munich 2014, pp. 104–107, ISBN 978-3-7913-5363-0 .
See also
Web links
- Entry via Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36 at Emporis
- Neue Mainzer Strasse 32–36. In: Structurae
- Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 at thehighrisepages
- Homepage of Heil Architects' Office
- Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 at SkylineFFM.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 at CTBUH
- ↑ a b Global Tower. GEG German Estate Group AG, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Commerzbank high-rise sold. immobilienmanager, November 16, 2016, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
- ↑ January Klauth: construction certificates in Frankfurt: The capital of green real estate . Ed .: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 24, 2020]).
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 39 ″ N , 8 ° 40 ′ 25 ″ E