>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 10 << Currently there are two skyscrapers in Frankfurt which are listed as being 170 meters tall. This is the “architectural height”, which includes spires and other such permanent features, but does not include external things like flagpoles, antennae, or signage, Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 9 << Frankfurt’s new Grand Tower doesn’t strike me as being particularly grand, I must admit. It looks to me like some sort of oversized radiator. But after a few years I’m sure we’ll all get accustomed to it, and after a while Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 8 << The new headquarters building of the European Central Bank (ECB) has 45 floors above ground level and is 184 meters high, making it the eighth tallest building in Frankfurt as of 2020. The building on the right in my photo is Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 7 << The Trianon got its name because of its triangular shape and because of the upside-down pyramid (or “polygonal diamond”) which is (or seems to be) suspended from the three corners at the top. It is 186 meters tall, which makes it Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 6 << The 190-meter Omniturm was completed in 2019 (except for a few odds and ends that they are still working on) and is now Frankfurt’s sixth-highest building. As the Latin prefix Omni- implies, the Omniturm is intended to be all things for Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 5 << Most Frankfurt skyscrapers are not open to the public, so we are glad that the Main Tower, which was completed in the year 2000, has an observation deck on the roof (the 56th floor), which is open to everyone — except Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 4 << A recent addition to the Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, as of 2012, is the Tower 185 at Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 35–37, between the Trade Fair and Frankfurt Central Station. Originally this new building was supposed to be 185 meters tall, which is why they named Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 3 << Frankfurt’s third tallest building (208 meters, 53 floors) is named after its address, Westendstraße 1. Actually, the main entrance is around the corner at Mainzer Landstrasse 58, near Platz der Republik. The building was completed in 1993. This is part of Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 2 << This quaint little building (by Dubai, Taipei or Shanghai standards) is the Messeturm (Trade Fair Tower). It is 256 meters tall and was the highest office tower in Europe from 1991 to 1997. Now it is the second tallest in Frankfurt Read More …
>> Frankfurt Skyline Countdown # 1 << Here it is, Frankfurt’s tallest building, the Commerzbank Tower, as seen from the pedestrian bridge Eiserne Steg (= iron footbridge) in 2004. The Commerzbank Tower is 259 meters tall and has the reputation of being an “ecological skyscraper” because of the technology used Read More …