- This article is about buildings in Germany; on the Bank of Germany building in New York, which existed from 1973 to 2011, see Art. Deutsche Bank Building ; for the current building of the Bank of Germany in New York see Art. ; on the Bank of Germany building in Australia see Art. Deutsche Bank Place .
Deutsche-Bank-Hochhaus ("Twin Towers of the Bank of Germany") - two skyscrapers that are the headquarters of the Bank of Germany , located in Frankfurt am Main , Germany . They occupy 80th place in Europe in height , 53th place in the European Union, 11th place in Germany and 10th place in Frankfurt .
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Basic Information
- Address: Taunusanlage 12 , Frankfurt
- Height: 155 meters each
- Construction: 1978-1984
- Storeys: 38 and 40 floors
- Base area (two buildings): 4660 m²
- Area of premises (in two buildings): 108 500 m² [1]
- Foundation depth: 13 m
- Material: reinforced concrete, tinted facade glass
- Architects: Walter Ganig, Heinz Shade, Gilbert Becker and Johannes Schmidt [2]
Description
The towers were built for the American hotel company Hyatt Hotels Corporation , but before the completion of construction Hyatt changed its plans, and the Bank of Germany expressed its willingness to buy buildings for its needs. In addition to the towers themselves, at their base is a 4-story building. The whole complex stands on a reinforced concrete slab, the thickness of which in the center is 4 meters, and closer to the edges - 2.5 meters.
From the buildings you can get to the Frankfurt Taunusanlage station by subway . In front of the entrance is a 5-meter sculpture “Continuity” [1] - the largest monolith in the world ever made by human hands, authorship of Swiss sculptor Max Bill . Locals nicknamed the tower " Debit and Credit " [3] .
In 2007-2011, all internal systems of the building were updated: fire safety, water supply, electricity. Famous Spanish architect and designer was invited to remodel the interiors of the premises. As a result of the work, the twin towers received a certificate of compliance from the US environmental organization US Green Building Council . During the renovation period, 2,500 bank employees had to move to other buildings. The total cost of the work amounted to more than 200 million euros [3] . Thanks to this innovation, Deutsche-Bank-Hochhaus took the 15th place in 2012, and in 2013 the 7th place in the list of “Most Green Banks” according to Bloomberg News Ranking [4] .
Inside the building are about 2000 works of 120 contemporary German artists [2] .
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Europe
- List of tallest buildings in Germany
- List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
- List of tallest buildings in Germany
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Deutsche Bank (German) on frankfurt.de
- ↑ 1 2 Deutsche Bank Headquarters ( structurae.de)
- ↑ 1 2 Hauptverwaltung Deutsche Bank AG (emp.) On emporis.com
- ↑ Deutsche Bank on 7th position of the world's “greenest” banks ( db.com ) , April 2, 2013
Links
- Deutsche Bank Tower I at skyscrapercenter.com
- Deutsche Bank Tower II at skyscrapercenter.com
- Towers at skyscraperpage.com
- Deutsche Bank (Turm # 1 & # 2), Frankfurt (German ) (German) on thehighrisepages.de