Weser Tower
Weser Tower | |
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The Weser Tower in March 2010 | |
Basic data | |
Place: | Bremen , Germany |
Construction time : | 2007-2010 |
Status : | completed |
Architect : | Helmut Jahn |
Technical specifications | |
Height : | 82 m |
Floors : | 22nd |
Floor area : | 18,500 m² |
Height comparison | |
Bremen : | 1. ( list ) |
address | |
City: | Bremen |
The Weser Tower is a high-rise building on the outskirts of the Überseestadt Bremen. It was built in 2010 according to plans by architect Helmut Jahn for Siedentopf GmbH (Eduscho) . The 22 floors of the skyscraper have an area of 18,000 square meters and thus space for offices for 800 people. Initially it was planned in the building u. a. to set up a hotel, a variety theater and restaurants. In addition, further office buildings should be built. Today there is a restaurant on the ground floor of the house.
building
The Siedentopf GmbH has invested around 70 million euros in the development of the site of the new Weserpromenade immediately west of the old town of Bremen.
The foundation stone was laid on October 23, 2007. The highest office building in Bremen with a height of 82 meters should be completed in 2009. Completion was delayed due to technical discrepancies and supplementary requests from the building contractor Hochtief . On January 8, 2010, Siedentopf terminated the general contractor contract with Hochtief Construction AG due to delays in the completion of the Weser Tower. According to its own information, Siedentopf took over the coordination of the remaining work together with the general planner ECE project management .
The fully glazed building was developed together with today's main tenant, the energy supplier EWE AG.
use
The main tenants of the building are subsidiaries of the energy supplier EWE AG , who took over a total of 13 floors of the high-rise. There is a restaurant on the ground floor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plans presented by star architect Helmut Jahn for Wesertower. ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: siedentopf.de, January 9, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2013
- ↑ Laying of the foundation stone for the Weser Tower in Bremen, BauNetz announcement 23 October 2007
- ↑ Bremen's new landmark, Hamburger Abendblatt, April 12, 2007
- ^ Nothing is happening in the Weser Tower, Weser-Kurier, January 5, 2010
- ↑ Siedentopf announces general contractor Hochtief, Siedentopf website, January 8, 2010 ( memento of the original from January 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GGW - Weser Tower Bremen. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
Web links
- Interactive 360 ° panoramic view from the Weser Tower
- Weser Tower webcam
- Helmut Jahn presents high-rise for Bremen, BauNetz, January 12, 2007
- Bremen's new landmark, Hamburger Abendblatt, April 12, 2007
- New architectural qualities, district newspaper ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- 3-D model of the Weser Tower for Google Earth
- Development plan 2360 with the Weser Tower and the surrounding area
- Brochure on the Weser Quarter with lots of information about the Weser Tower (PDF file; 8.61 MB)
Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 56.7 ″ N , 8 ° 47 ′ 18.9 ″ E