Dortmund U-Tower

U-Tower
U-Tower
General information
Type	Event facility
Location	Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates	51°30′54″N 7°27′13.03″E / 51.51500°N 7.4536194°E
Construction started	1926
Completed	1927
Renovated	2008, after closing in 2004, partly reopened in May 2010
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Emil Moog
Website
	www.dortmunder-u.de/en

The U-Tower or Dortmunder U is a former brewery building in the city of Dortmund, Germany. Since 2010 it has served as a centre for the arts and creativity, housing among other facilities the Museum Ostwall.^[1]

^ Neville Walker, Christian Williams, James Stewart - The Rough Guide to Germany 1848362536- 2009 - Page 655 "Though the old Union brewery with its giant illuminated “U” still looms on the skyline, it's overshadowed by the city's funky new skyscrapers ..."

[1] Neville Walker, Christian Williams, James Stewart - The Rough Guide to Germany 1848362536- 2009 - Page 655 "Though the old Union brewery with its giant illuminated “U” still looms on the skyline, it's overshadowed by the city's funky new skyscrapers ..."

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