Eurotower (Frankfurt am Main)

Eurotower is a 40-storey, 148 m (486 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building served as the seat of the European Central Bank (ECB) until 18 March 2015, at which point it was officially replaced by a new purpose-built building.

Eurotower
General information
Type	Government offices
Architectural style	Modernism
Location	Kaiserstraße 29 Frankfurt Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50.1095°N 8.6740°E / 50.1095; 8.6740
Completed	1977
Height
Roof	148 m (486 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	39 5 below ground
Floor area	46,630 m^2 (501,900 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators	16
Design and construction
Architect	Richard Heil Johannes Krahn
Engineer	Philipp Holzmann Walter Bau AG König Heunisch und Partner
Main contractor	Philipp Holzmann
References
[2][3][4][5]

The building is located at Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, opposite to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. Right next to the building is an underground U-Bahn station and an above-ground tram station.

History

The tower was designed by architect Richard Heil and was built between 1971 and 1977. The first main tenant was the Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft. The building was later used by the European Monetary Institute, the forerunner of the European Central Bank that was established in 1998.

Until 2013, a club/restaurant called Living XXL was situated in the basement.

Because of the limited space in the Eurotower the personnel of the ECB were also (up to March 2015) distributed between two other skyscrapers in the Bankenviertel, the Eurotheum and Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36. This was considered less than optimal, so in the late 1990s the ECB began a process to have a new seat built on a site in the eastern part of Frankfurt. This was originally envisaged to bring together all the bank's personnel in one place, however with the increase in the ECB's responsibilities with the EU Single Supervisory Mechanism, the ECB will retain its presence in the Eurotower after its refurbishment. Construction of the new tower started in 2008 and was completed in late 2014. In November of that year bank personnel started to transfer from the Eurotower to their new offices at the Seat.

Between 2015 and 2016 renovation had been carried out in the building. Tower was reopened in March, 2016.[6]

See also

• European Central Bank
• Seat of the European Central Bank
• List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
• List of tallest buildings in Germany
• List of tallest buildings in the European Union
• Institutional seats of the European Union

References

1. "Eurotower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
2. "Eurotower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
3. Eurotower at Emporis
4. "Eurotower". SkyscraperPage.
5. Eurotower at Structurae
6. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ecb-re-opens-its-revamped-old-hq-without-fanfare-2016-04-04

External links

Media related to Eurotower, Frankfurt at Wikimedia Commons