Main Tower

Main Tower
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General information
TypeCommercial offices
LocationNeue Mainzer Straße 52-58
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates50°06′44″N 8°40′19″E / 50.11222°N 8.67194°E / 50.11222; 8.67194
Construction started18 October 1996
CompletedMarch 1999
Opening28 January 2000
Cost700 million Deutsche Mark
Height
Antenna spire240 m (787 ft)
Roof200 m (656 ft)
Technical details
Floor count56
5 below ground
Floor area101,705 m2 (1,094,700 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators27
Design and construction
Architect(s)Schweger + Partner
Structural engineerBurggraf, Weichinger + Partner
Förster + Sennewald Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
Main contractorHochtief AG
Philipp Holzmann AG
Other information
Public transit access Taunusanlage (10 min)
References
[1][2][3][4]

Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.

The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing platforms. It is the only skyscraper in Frankfurt with a public viewing observatory. As of 2023, it is the fourth-tallest building in Frankfurt and the fourth-tallest in Germany, tied with Tower 185.

The foyer of the building has two art pieces accessible to the public: the video installation by Bill Viola "The World of Appearances" and the wall mosaic by Stephan Huber "Frankfurter Treppe / XX. Jahrhundert" ( "Frankfurt's Steps/20th century").

The tower's design features what appears to be two connected towers. The smaller of the two is of a cuboid shape and a design common to 1970s architecture. The second and taller of the two towers is circular with a blue glass exterior which features the transmission tower on top.

  1. ^ "Main Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ "Emporis building ID 109692". Emporis. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Main Tower". SkyscraperPage.
  4. ^ Main Tower at Structurae

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