A Kranhaus ("crane house") is one of three 17-story buildings, collectively , in the Rheinauhafen of

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. Their shape, an upside-down "L", is reminiscent of the harbor cranes that were used to load cargo from and onto ships, two of which were left standing as monuments when the harbor was redesigned as a residential and commercial quarter in the early 2000s. Each building is about high, long, and wide. They were designed by

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architect Alfons Linster and

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-based Hadi Teherani of ''BRT Architekten''. Construction began on 16 October 2006, and the first building was completed in 2008. The southern and middle buildings provide approx. of office space each, on 15 levels. The northern one harbors 133 luxury apartments totalling about on 18 levels.

Award

The middle building, ''Kranhaus Eins'', was given the MIPIM Award 2009 in the Business Centre category at the

MIPIM MIPIM (from the French: ''Le Marché international des professionnels de l'immobilier'') is a four-day property and real estate trade show held annually in March at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. Drawing thousands of international a ...

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on 12 March 2009.

References

External links

Kranhaus1 website

Rheinauhafen website
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