Frankfurt Commerzbank Skyscraper, Germany

Tall Building by Norman

Foster, Frankfurt, Hesse,
Germany

Frankfurt Tower
Buildings

Commerzbank Tower
1997
259m high
Kaiserplatz 1
Foster & Partners,
Architects

The Frankfurt
Commerzbank is the
tallest building in the
city

Frankfurt Skyscraper
Architecture images
by adrian welch
available upon
request:
photos 1280x1024
pixels, 72dpi

Garden on the 19th floor of the Commerzbank Tower

The Commerzbank Tower is shaped as a 60 metres (197 ft) wide rounded equilateral
triangle with a central, triangular atrium. At nine different levels, the atrium opens up to
one of the three sides, forming large sky gardens. These open areas allow more natural
light in the building, reducing the need for artificial lighting. At the same time it ensures
offices in the building's two other sides have a view of either the city or the garden.

In order to eliminate the need of supporting columns in the sky gardens, the building was
constructed in steel instead of the conventional (and cheaper) concrete. It was the first
skyscraper in Germany where steel was used as the main construction material.

[edit] In popular culture

Commerzbank Tower appears in the Euro Contemporary tileset in SimCity 4
(Deluxe or with Rush Hour).
In 2007, Wrebbit released a 3D puzzle from the Towers Made To Scale
Collection, which includes the Commerzbank Tower and the MesseTurm in one
box-set.

Commerzbank Tower
The Commerzbank Commerzbank Tower Commerzbank
from the top of the Main
Tower at night & Maintower at night Tower
Tower

Commerzbank
From over the river Tower from street
level
Architecture 489
Christian Noble
Structure Innovations
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Commerzbank:
A Sustainable
Skyscraper
Commerzbank: Frankfurt, Germany
Norman Fosters Commerzbank in Frankfurt,