Romeo & Julia

Romeo & Julia is a double tower in Frankfurt's Westend designed by Max Dudler. The building was created through the comprehensive revitalization of an existing property previously known as the Bubis Towers. In total, both towers, which are connected by a base, offer around 14,300 square meters of office space on 20 floors. The ensemble's

Westend Windows

The Westend Windows is an office building completed in 2009, designed by the architectural firm Jo.Franzke Architekten. An outdated high-rise building previously stood on the Westend Windows site. The current building is located on Bockenheimer Landstrasse in Frankfurt's Westend, in the immediate vicinity of the banking district and the Alte Oper opera house in the

Fifty Avon

The Fifty Avon is an 8-story office building built in 1996 in Frankfurt's Westend. It is centrally located and easily accessible from the city center or the central station on Mainzer Landstraße in Frankfurt's banking district, where its long curved glass and steel façade is immediately noticeable. In the Fifty Avon, all floors are connected

Westend Carree

The Westend Carree is an office building completed in 1989 and modernized in 2008 to 2009 in the immediate vicinity of Frankfurt's banking district and the city center.  It was developed by Tishman Speyer and consists of several building sections grouped around landscaped courtyards. The facade is characterized by a combination of glass and natural

Westend

The Westend (official writing in German; English translation: West End) is a district of Frankfurt and is one of the preferred residential areas. The Westend is considered a district with bourgeois, well-off residents, and above-average real estate prices. Together with the Bahnhofsviertel and the districts of Nordend and Ostend, both parts of the city consist

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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

Zuerich House

The Zuerich House (in German: Zürich-Haus) was a 68 meters high-rise building on Frankfurt's Opernplatz. The 19-storey Zuerich High-Rise was designed by the architects Udo von Schauroth and Werner Stücheli. The Zuerich House was built between 1958 and 1960 and was one of the tallest office buildings in Frankfurt when it was built. In 2002

WestendDuo

WestendDuo is a 96 meter (315 feet) high office tower on Bockenheimer Landstrasse in the Westend district. The property consists of a twin tower, and the facade is giving the building a shimmering texture. The WestendDuo has a gross floor area of 32,700 square meters (351,980 square feet), which is spread over 26 upper floors

KfW-Westarkade

The KfW West Arcade is a high-rise building with offices and conference center completed in 2010. The building is located in the Westend district at the beginning of Zeppelinallee between Bockenheimer Landstraße and Palmengarten and is supplemented by a four-story timber-framed building that connects to the existing area of the banking group. The client and owner

What Were the Frankfurt House Fights?

The Frankfurt House Fights (in German: "Frankfurter Häuserkampf") took place in the 1970s and included protest movements, rallies and demonstrations, especially by left-wing political activists. The protests were primarily directed against the speculation of land in Frankfurt's Westend district. The Frankfurt House Fights mark the beginning of the German squatter movement and the beginning of

Park Tower

Park Tower is a 115-meter (377 feet) high-rise office building in Frankfurt's Westend district. The office tower is located on Reuterweg near the Opera Square (Opernplatz) and borders on the Rothschildpark to the north and east. Park Tower was built between July 2005 and autumn 2007 and offers around 24,000 square meters (258,333 square feet)

Why did Frankfurt have abusive names?

The city of Frankfurt has been an important trading and financial center since the Middle Ages. Before the Second World War there were more than 1,250 half-timbered houses in the historic Old Town, which made Frankfurt one of the most important medieval half-timbered towns. Both Old Town and New Town were considered a gem of

What is the Wallservitut?

Wallservitut is a regulation issued in 1827 to protect the public green spaces in Frankfurt, which were created to replace the former Frankfurt city fortifications. After the adoption of Wallservitut, the green areas on today's Wallanlagen remained protected from development after 1806. Only the outside of the streets that form the current Anlagenring (lit. "Wall

MORROW

In the Westend district of Frankfurt, Art-Invest Real Estate and Red Squarecreated the office property MORROW at the street Oberlindau. The construction project covers both the interior and exterior of the ten-storey office building. Featuring a total rentable area of approximately 7,000 square meters (75,347 square feet), contemporary office space has been built at a

Westend Plan 1971

"Don't let yourself be forced out of your apartment" "There is nothing against the serious homeowners, but there are also owners of property - especially in the Westend - who want to push tenants out of their homes with often unruly methods. They have bought one house after another, and want to get the houses

Westend Ensemble

Westend Ensemble is an upscale residential complex south of the Westend district on the site of the former Oberpostdirektion (central postal office). The residential building has a gross floor area of 19,800 square meters (213,125 square feet) and was designed by the MOW Architekten. Part of the development is a 12-story high point. The project

160 Park View

160 Park View is located in the immediate vicinity of Goethe University and is a new type of double tower with hotel and residential use. In the 160 Park View project, an existing office building called Hochhaus am Park with 26 floors is being gutted and repositioned. Above a common base, two towers of different

Frankfurt City Districts

Frankfurt has around 760,000 inhabitants (2022). The number of inhabitants has increased continuously since 2009; in 2009, there were not even 650,000 people living in Frankfurt. Nevertheless, Frankfurt is relatively small compared to other big cities. The city area of ​​Frankfurt is divided into 46 districts for statistical purposes. By name, however, there are only

Fingerplan 1968

The Fingerplan from 1967/1968 (also referred to five finger plan), created in the aegis of the planning department head Hans Kampffmeyer, was a city planning scheme, starting from the Anlagenring, in which intensive building was permitted along several strips. The Fingerplan had far-reaching consequences for the development of high-rise buildings, particularly in the Westend district.