Main Tower is a 56-
storey
A storey (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the wor ...
,
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...
in the
Innenstadt district of
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
, Germany. It is named after the nearby
Main river
The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine, one of the major European rivers. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, ...
. The building is 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
William John Viola Jr. ( , ; January 25, 1951 – July 12, 2024) was an American video artist whose artistic expression depended upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human ...
"The World of Appearances" and the wall
mosaic
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by
Stephan Huber
Stephan Huber (born 1952 in Lindenberg im Allgäu) is a German sculptor and object artist.
Life
After his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1971–1978), Huber received a grant for the P.S.1 studio programme in New York (now ...
"''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.
History
The structure was built between 1996 and 1999, and serves as headquarters for
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba). Other tenants are the German Offices of
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, doing business as Merrill, and previously branded Merrill Lynch, is an American investment management and wealth management division of Bank of America. Along with BofA Securities, the investm ...
and
Standard & Poor's
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and a television studio of the
Hessischer Rundfunk
(; "Hesse Broadcasting"), shortened to HR (; stylized as hr), is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, A ...
. Prominent US law firms
Sullivan & Cromwell
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and
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (known as Cleary Gottlieb), formerly Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Cox and Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly, Steen & Hamilton, is an American multinational law firm headquartered at One Liberty Plaza in New York Cit ...
are also residents of the Main Tower. The first tenants moved in on 5 November 1999, and the official inauguration was 28 January 2000. During weather reports by the television station, the weather reporter stands on the top of the building.
In June 2015, NorthStar Realty Finance of New York entered into an agreement to acquire Main Tower for about €540 million.
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Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
See also
* List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the few European cities with a large cluster of high rise buildings in its downtown area. In many other European cities, skyscraper construction was not well received in the past due to the historical value of existi ...
* List of tallest buildings in Germany
This list ranks buildings in Germany that stand at least tall. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, Steeple (architecture), steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures.
...
* List of tallest buildings in Europe
This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding . For decades, only a few major cities, such as Milan, Moscow, Istanbul, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Warsaw contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, ...
References
External links
The official website in English
{{Portal bar, Germany, Architecture
Office buildings completed in 1999
Skyscraper office buildings in Frankfurt
Bankenviertel
1999 establishments in Germany
Observation towers in Hesse
Postmodern architecture in Germany