29

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

14

Jun

Reconception of the Oddo BHF Tower as “Central Parx Tower”

The commercial law firm Noerr has signed a lease with AGB Real Estate Group for 8,700 square meters of office space in the Oddo BHF Tower in Frankfurt am Main. Oddo BHF will vacate the building in 2024. From then on, the conversion of the high-rise building, which is located on the border between the

What is and does an Architectural Office?

The main task of an architectural office is the design, technical and economic planning of buildings, e.g. sustainable high-rise buildings. The architectural laws of the federal states define the professional task, although these may differ in certain aspects. Likewise, certain specializations within general architecture differ. For example, it is possible to specialize in landscape architecture or

18

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

Turm Center

The Turm Center Frankfurt at Eschersheimer Landstraße 14 is a 74 meter high office tower. Originally built in 1970, it was extensively revitalized from 2014 to 2015. Before that, it had stood empty for several years. The English real estate fund Benson Elliot had acquired the building from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in 2013 with the aim

21

Feb

Global Tower Frankfurt – Construction Work almost completed

The Global Tower in the middle of Frankfurt's financial district is nearing completion after around 3.5 years of intensive renovation work. Since summer 2018, the former Commerzbank high-rise building at Neue Mainzer Straße 32 - 36 has been completely gutted, modernized and thus made suitable for the demands of today's office world. After the European

24

Jan

New “Hellerhöfe” Quarter being built in Frankfurt’s Gallus District

In Frankfurt's Gallus district, a new mixed-use neighborhood will be built by 2027 on the historic site of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. To this end, all the premises of the F.A.Z. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and the Frankfurter Societät between Mainzer Landstraße and Frankenallee will be demolished from 2023. Last fall, a competition was held together