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Skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany For other buildings with the same name, see Basler Messeturm and Messeturm Köln.
Messeturm
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural styleArt Deco, Postmodern
LocationFriedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
Coordinates50°06′44″N 8°39′10″E / 50.11222°N 8.65278°E / 50.11222; 8.65278
Construction started13 July 1988
OpeningOctober 1990
CostDM500 million
OwnerTishman Speyer Properties
Height
Roof257 m (843 ft)
Top floor228 m (748 ft)
Technical details
Floor count63
2 below ground
Floor area61,711 m (664,300 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Helmut Jahn
Richard Murphy
DeveloperTishman Speyer Properties
CitiBank
Structural engineerIngenieurbüro Fritz Nötzold
Main contractorHOCHTIEF AG
Other information
Public transit access
References

The Messeturm, or Trade Fair Tower, is a 63-storey, 257 m (843 ft) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1990 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower, which is also located in Frankfurt.

The Messeturm is located near the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds. Helmut Jahn designed the Messeturm in a postmodern architectural style. It is regarded as one of the design classics among European skyscrapers. Despite its name, the Messeturm is not used for trade fair exhibitions but as an office building. It is one of the few buildings in Germany with their own postal code (60308), the others being Opernturm, another Frankfurt skyscraper, and the summit station on Zugspitze.

When Germany submitted its application to have Frankfurt selected as the seat of the European Union's Anti-money-laundering authority (AMLA) in 2023, the Messeturm was one of three options – alongside Tower 185 – presented as potential location for the new agency.

Design

The Messeturm is similar in design to towers by other architects including the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia and Key Tower (1991) in Cleveland, Ohio. Frankfurters often call it Bleistift ("pencil") due to its shape. The construction of the building's foundation set a world record for the longest continuous concrete pour. Ninety trucks poured concrete for 78 hours into the 6-metre (20 ft) deep foundation. Its ground floor area is just 1,681 m (18,090 sq ft), and features a 36.3 m (119.1 ft) pyramid at the top.

The tower uses numerous geometric shapes in its design such as the square footprint which is the main shape used throughout the tower. It then rises to a cylindrical shape which finally completes in a pyramid.

There are 900 parking places in a public parking garage and a direct connection to the subway.

In popular culture

  • SimCity series
    • MesseTurm appears under the name Hogan Wallace and White Insurance as a vanilla stage 8 Euro-Contemporary building set in SimCity 4 (Deluxe or with Rush Hour).
    • There is a building that has a similar appearance to the Messeturm in SimCity 3000.

Gallery

  • The inner city ring with Messeturm in the background The inner city ring with Messeturm in the background
  • Messeturm at sunset Messeturm at sunset
  • Messeturm at night Messeturm at night
  • Messeturm from street level Messeturm from street level
  • Messeturm from street level Messeturm from street level

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt About OpenStreetMapsMaps: terms of use 500m
550yds 31Eden Frankfurt 30MainTor 29Senckenberg Turm 28Global Tower 27WinX 26Japan Center 25Garden Tower 24Gallileo 23City-Haus 22Frankfurter Büro Center 21Four 20The Spin 19One Forty West 18Eurotower 17Skyper 16Marienturm 15Deutsche Bank Twin Towers 14Westend Gate 13Silberturm 12Taunusturm 11Opernturm 10Grand Tower 8Trianon 7Omniturm 6ONE 5Tower 185 4Main Tower 3Westendstraße 1 2Messeturm 1Commerzbank Tower  
Tallest skyscrapers in Frankfurt am Main
1 Commerzbank Tower
2 Messeturm
3 Westendstraße 1
4 Main Tower
5 Tower 185
6 ONE
7 Omniturm
8 Trianon
9 Seat of the European Central Bank
10 Grand Tower
11 Opernturm
12 Taunusturm
13 Silberturm
14 Westend Gate
15 Deutsche Bank Twin Towers
16 Marienturm
17 Skyper
18 Eurotower
19 One Forty West
20 The Spin
21 Four
22 Frankfurter Büro Center
23 City-Haus
24 Gallileo
25 Garden Tower
26 Japan Center
27 WinX
28 Global Tower
29 Senckenberg Turm
30 MainTor
31 Eden Frankfurt

See also

References

  1. "Messeturm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. "Emporis building ID 109672". Emporis. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Messeturm". SkyscraperPage.
  4. Messeturm at Structurae
  5. "MesseTurm". Frankfurt.de (in German). City of Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  6. Carsten Volkery (9 November 2023), Wie Deutschland die Anti-Geldwäsche-Behörde nach Frankfurt holen will Handelsblatt
  7. "Sim City 4 Building Index". simcity4buildings.net. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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