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Commerzbank Headquarters Frankfurt: Liakos Ben Ariston Mckay
Commerzbank Headquarters Frankfurt: Liakos Ben Ariston Mckay
Frankfurt
Liakos Ariston
Ben McKay
The Structure
•Vision of Sir Norman Foster
•Constructed 1994 - 1997 in the
heart of Frankfurt
•299 meters, 53 floors – the
Tallest building in Europe
•Steel framing
•Green Design
The Green Design
• Minimum Environmental
Impact
• Healthy Human Interaction
• Energy Efficient
Happy Worker make better
world. !!!
The Scientific “S”
• Virendeel
beams
• 7.5 m from a
window!
• Happy
worker
Cooling and Ventilation
• On the day the Commerzbank opened, the Financial Times adopted it as the
symbol of Frankfurt, just as it features Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower as symbols of
London and Paris.
An Evolution in Form
Jack Handy