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Messeturm

Coordinates: 50°06′44″N 8°39′10″E / 50.11222°N 8.65278°E / 50.11222; 8.65278
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For other buildings with the same name, see Basler Messeturm and Messeturm Köln.
MesseTurm
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General information
TypeCommercial offices
LocationFriedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
Coordinates50°06′44″N 8°39′10″E / 50.11222°N 8.65278°E / 50.11222; 8.65278
Construction started13 July 1988
OpeningOctober 1990
CostDM500 million
OwnerTishman Speyer Properties
Height
Roof257 m (843 ft)
Top floor228 m (748 ft)
Technical details
Floor count63
2 below ground
Floor area61,711 m2 (664,300 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Helmut Jahn
Richard Murphy
DeveloperTishman Speyer Properties
CitiBank
Structural engineerIngenieurbüro Fritz Nötzold
Main contractorHOCHTIEF AG
References
[1][2][3][4]

The MesseTurm (Template:Lang-en) is a 63-storey, 257 m (843 ft)[5] skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1991 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower, which is also located in Frankfurt.

The Messeturm is located near the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds. Helmut Jahn designed the Messeturm in a postmodern architectural style. Despite its name, the Messeturm is not used for trade fair exhibitions but as an office building.

Construction

The Messeturm is similar in design to towers by other architects including the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia and Key Tower (1991) in Cleveland, Ohio. Frankfurters often call it Bleistift ("pencil") due to its shape. The construction of the building's foundation set a world record for the longest continuous concrete pour. Ninety trucks poured concrete for 78 hours into the 6-metre (20 ft) deep foundation. Its ground floor area is just 1,681 m2 (18,090 sq ft), and features a 36.3 m (119.1 ft) pyramid at the top.

The tower uses numerous geometric shapes in its design such as the square footprint which is the main shape used throughout the tower. It then rises to a cylindrical shape which finally completes in a pyramid.

It is one of the few buildings in Germany with their own postal code (60308), the others being Opernturm, another Frankfurt skyscraper, and the summit station on Zugspitze.

There are 900 parking places in a public parking garage and a direct connection to the subway.

The building also appears in the European tileset for the game SimCity 4, and a similar-looking building appears in SimCity 3000.

  • The inner city ring with Messeturm in the background
    The inner city ring with Messeturm in the background
  • Messeturm at sunset
    Messeturm at sunset
  • Messeturm at night
    Messeturm at night
  • Messeturm from street level
    Messeturm from street level

See also

References

  1. ^ "Messeturm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ Messeturm at Emporis
  3. ^ "Messeturm". SkyscraperPage.
  4. ^ Messeturm at Structurae
  5. ^ "MesseTurm". Frankfurt.de (in German). City of Frankfurt. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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