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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

Jürgen Blank

Home > Magazin > Interviews > Jürgen Blank Smart, Green, Digital - The Future of the Elevator Industry Jürgen Blank in Conversation Modern elevators are no longer just a means of transport, but are now characterized by advanced planning, digital offerings and intelligent linking with buildings. Furthermore, the requirements have changed significantly due to the

Schindler’s fastest Elevators

Schindler is the largest elevator manufacturer in Germany and has equipped some of the tallest high-rise buildings in Frankfurt with its elevators. Various models are used in the process. The height of the building in particular determines which elevator is most suitable. Passenger elevators are faster than freight elevators and are designed for higher buildings,

Skyline without Elevators? Unthinkable!

What would Frankfurt's banking district be and would there be high-rise buildings like the Messeturm or the Commerzbank Tower without them? Elevators! They are the safest and most widely used means of transportation in the world during the day and therefore one of the most important means of transport in today's society. Yet they are not just

Campanile

Campanile was a skyscraper up to 220 meters (722 feet) high, which was to be created in various planning variants in Frankfurt from the early 1980s, but was ultimately not built. A plot of land was planned for the Campanile tower south of the main train station (Hauptbahnhof), on which a parking space had been

SkyRun Frankfurt

SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt is a tower running event up to the top of MesseTurm. A tower run is a competition in which the athletes climb a skyscraper, a tower or a staircase in the open air. At SkyRun Frankfurt, individual runners and teams can compete in reaching Frankfurt's 61-storey landmark. The challenge is to conquer

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MesseTurm will be renovated from April 2019

The MesseTurm skyscraper, built in 1990, is to be renovated in a big way. The 256.5-meter-high skyscraper will be converted to state-of-the-art technology to plans by Helmut Jahn, the original architect of the Frankfurt landmark. In particular, the lobby should be brighter and move in new premises. The conversion work will begin in April 2019,

Millennium Tower

Millennium Tower, formerly also called T365 (Tower 365), is a visionary and not yet constructed high-rise project in the European District of Frankfurt having a planned height of 369 meters (1,210 feet). The initiator of the plans for the Millennium Tower was EIM (Eisenbahn Immobilien Management, today CA Immo Germany). The concept for Millennium Tower

MesseTurm

MesseTurm is a skyscraper and Frankfurt's 2nd tallest high-rise building. It lies at Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage street and is bordering the exhibition grounds. MesseTurm was designed by Helmut Jahn for the American project developer Tishman Speyer. The tower is 256.5 meters tall and not publicly accessible to visitors. MesseTurm has a striking pyramid on the roof. The