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Jan

Completion of the Exhibition Center by 2025

The Sparda Bank Tower and the new Messeplatz entrance will be built on the trade fair grounds on Europa-Allee by 2025. The entrance is located at the future subway stop of the new U5 in the Europaviertel. This means that the trade fair center can be optimally reached by all guests from any direction in

Schindler: Leading Elevator Manufacturer from Switzerland

The Schindler Group is a Swiss company based in Ebikon in the canton of Lucerne, which has been active in the construction and maintenance of elevators and escalators for over 140 years. With over 69,000 employees in more than 100 countries, Schindler is one of the world's largest and therefore leading companies in the elevator industry.

Double Interview with Christian Olaf Schmidt and Marco Verardi

Home > Magazin > Interviews > Christian Olaf Schmidt/Marco Verardi Architecture - Smart Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities Christian Olaf Schmidt and Marco Verardi in Conversation The construction and real estate industry is currently undergoing a major transformation in the area of digitalization and sustainability. From planning and construction to operation and maintenance, digital solutions such

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Oct

Topping-Out Ceremony for the Timber Pioneer celebrated

Just over three quarters of a year after planning permission was granted, the topping-out ceremony for the Timber Pioneer, developed by UBM Development and Paulus Immobilien, was held on October 26, 2022. The Timber Pioneer is Frankfurt's first office building in timber hybrid construction and is being built in Frankfurt's Europaviertel in the immediate vicinity

Up the Wooden Shaft! Elevators in High-Rise Construction made of Wood

Wood as a building material is becoming increasingly important in the construction industry due to its sustainable properties. It binds CO2 and, among other things, enables fast processes on a construction site due to its modular construction. More and more project developers are therefore relying on this building material. It already has a market share of

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Jul

Two Frankfurt High-Rise Buildings in the Running for the High-Rise Award

The International Highrise Award is presented every two years in Frankfurt. The nominees are special high-rise buildings that are over 100 meters high and have been completed in the last two years. The German Architecture Museum selected the nominated buildings from more than 1000 new high-rise buildings worldwide. Only four of them are located in

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Jul

The High-Rise ONE is Ready for Occupancy

On June 30, construction acceptance for the 190-meter-high ONE was carried out by the construction supervisors. Completion of the new skyscraper next to the Frankfurt Trade Fair was on schedule despite the pandemic and the associated challenges. An 11-year lease for 4,900 square meters of rental space was recently signed between project developer CA Immo

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Jun

New Green Office Tower NION to be built in Europaviertel

In the Europaviertel on the site of the formerly planned Porsche Design Tower, a green office building with a height of over 100 meters is being built under the name NION. The design comes from the renowned architectural firm UNStudio from Amsterdam, which also planned the FOUR Frankfurt. The NION will occupy the last remaining vacant

UBM Development AG

UBM Development is an Austrian project developer headquartered in Vienna. Founded in 1873, the company today has approximately 350 employees. Especially in the last two decades, UBM has developed from a regional to an internationally active real estate company, which is mainly active in the residential, hotel and office sectors.  The portfolio covers all services

Interview with Stefan Forster

Home > Magazin > Interviews > Stefan Forster About Urban Development in Frankfurt am Main Architect Stefan Forster in ConversationStefan Forster founded the Frankfurt-based architectural firm Stefan Forster GmbH over thirty years ago. Together with his partner Florian Kraft and now around 60 employees, he actively follows and shapes urban development throughout Germany. His work focuses

Lupp

Lupp is a group of companies from Nidda near Frankfurt am Main that has existed for over 100 years. It is one of the largest and oldest building contractors and project developers in Germany and has approximately 750 employees. The spectrum of services ranges from development to construction and operation of a building. The three pillars

Facade Greening on High-Rise Buildings

High sealing rates due to inner-city densification are increasingly having a negative effect on the microclimate in large German cities. The consequences are a deterioration in air quality due to increased emissions and a lack of green spaces, as well as sometimes extreme inner-city temperatures. In so-called urban heat islands, it can be up to

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Mar

Two instead of One: Frankfurt High-Rise Architects go their separate Ways

After more than twenty years of joint partnership under the name Cyrus Moser Architekten, Oliver Cyrus and Andreas Moser will continue to run two independent architectural firms from April 2022. Since its founding in 2000, the office, which today has more than 40 employees, has planned and realized hundreds of joint projects, including well-known high-rise

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Jan

New Restaurant with Skybar opens at Meliá Frankfurt City

The Hotel Meliá Frankfurt City in the newly developed ONE FORTY WEST opened its new restaurant with skybar at a height of 53 meters in December 2021. In addition to 89 seats in the restaurant and bar area, there is also a roof terrace from which visitors have a great view of the Frankfurt skyline.

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Aug

High Expectations and a Lust for Returns: CA Immo’s Difficult Decision

There is movement in the Millennium Tower project. Since its original presentation in 1998, the Millennium Tower has fascinated and moved people, and not just in Frankfurt. Proposed in the 1998 high-rise development plan, the tower was originally supposed to reach 369 meters (1,210 feet) and was intended to be Europe's tallest skyscraper. What remains

European District – Europaviertel

The European District of Frankfurt is a development area close to the city center that will be built between 2006 and 2024. The European District (in German: Europaviertel) was built on the site of the former central freight station. The European District is not an city district of its own, but officially belongs to the