Prime Tower (Zurich)
| Prime Tower | |
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 View in August 2011 |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office building |
| Location | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°23′10″N 8°30′59″E / 47.3860°N 8.5165°ECoordinates: 47°23′10″N 8°30′59″E / 47.3860°N 8.5165°E |
| Construction started | November 19, 2008[1] |
| Completed | December 2011 |
| Opening | 6 December 2011[2] |
| Cost | CHF 380 million[3] (USD 417 million) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 126 meters (413 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36[1] |
| Floor area | 39,500 m2 (425,000 sq ft)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Swiss Prime Site AG |
| Main contractor | Losinger (Bouygues)[4] |
| Architect | Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer |
| Developer | Swiss Prime Site AG[5] |
The Prime Tower, also named "Maag-Tower" in an earlier stage of planning, is a skyscraper in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the highest skyscraper in Switzerland at a height of 126 meters (413 ft).
The building is located near the Hardbrücke railway station. One seldom-used freight railway line is situated a few meters away from the building. The tower replaces an industrial facility that has been demolished. According to its developers, the tower's construction, which took 15 years to plan and execute, was a financial success, with its valuation based on lease rates exceeding the construction cost by CHF 110 million.[3]
The tower and its two companion buildings, Cubus and Diagonal, are used primarily as office buildings. As of its opening in December 2011, the tower hosts the "Clouds" restaurant on its top floor, a conference center, the Hotel Rivington & Sons on the ground floor, as well as the offices of Deutsche Bank Schweiz, Homburger AG, Swiss & Global Asset Management AG, Transammonia, Korn/Ferry International, Citibank Switzerland, Infosys, Repower AG, Ernst & Young, Zürcher Kantonalbank and consulting companies.
[edit] External links
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- Prime Tower website
- Webcam summary from April to December 2008
- Renderings and photos
- Time-lapse movie of the tower's construction
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Foundation stone laid for Zurich's Prime Tower". Swissinfo. November 19, 2008. http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/news_digest/Foundation_stone_laid_for_Zurich_s_Prime_Tower.html?siteSect=104&sid=9990710. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ Wallace, Ellen (7 December 2011). "Zurich is now 126 metres tall". Geneva Lunch. http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/zurich-is-now-126-metres-tall/. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Der grüne Turm öffnet die Türen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung: p. 19. 7 December 2011.
- ^ "Bouygues va construire des tours en Suisse et en Russie" (in French). Le Point. 6 March 2008. http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites/bouygues-va-construire-des-tours-en-suisse-et-en-russie/1037/0/226955. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Prime Tower Fact Sheet". Swiss Prime Site AG. http://www.primetower.ch/e/pdf/PrimeTower_E.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
