FRANKFURT | Opern Turm | 170 M / 558 FT | 44 FLOORS T/O

R@ptor · #1 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 1:30 PM**

FRANKFURT:

OpernTurm (170m)

STATS:

Type: Office tower

OpernTurm 170m, 44 floors

Size:

· Gross Floor Space above ground: 72,500 sq m
· Parking: 570 cars

Location: Opernplatz (Opera Square)

Architect: Prof. Mäckler (Frankfurt) www.chm.de

Developer: Tishman Speyer (New York) http://www.tishmanspeyer.com/

Tenant: Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS)

Date of completion: 2010

Website: www.opernturm.de

Rendering:

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/2...ernturm0ix.jpg

R@ptor · #2 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 1:31 PM**

Some photos I took during the weekend:

Austinlee · #3 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 4:22 PM**

nice photos. Thanks.

Tom In Chicago · #4 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 5:52 PM**

Nice. . . simple form. . . amazing that this new thread comes on after the project is already topped out. . .

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Jibba · #5 Posted **Jan 14, 2009, 6:15 PM**

Interesting form; nice and simple, though, with just enough unique details. It's too bad they are cladding it in those cream-colored panels, but I understand the need for weather sealing and such.

Nice that I didn't have to wait long for the top-out, though.

Hypothalamus · #6 Posted **Apr 12, 2014, 2:39 PM**

Completed:

As of August 2010...