Stadttor () is a 20- storey

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in the Unterbilk neighborhood of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...

, Germany. The building was designed by Düsseldorf-based architecture firm Petzinka Pink und Partner and completed in 1998. It marks the Southern entrance of Rheinufertunnel, which is also the reason for its

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-shaped floor plan. The building features a 15-story

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and a double-facade, allowing natural ventilation even on higher elevation floors. The total gross floor area is some .Stadttor
duesseldorf.de From 1999 until 2017, the Stadttor was the seat of the state-chancellery of the Prime ministers of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Office buildings completed in 1998 High-tech architecture Skyscrapers in Düsseldorf Skyscraper office buildings in Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub

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