Tagblatt-Turm ( en, Daily Newspaper Tower) is a , the 16-storey skyscraper in
Stuttgart,
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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.
The landmark Tagblatt-Turm was designed by
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
Ernst Otto Oßwald
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Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
, and is one of Germany's earliest
high-rises, constructed between 1924 and 1928 and made from crushed stone and
cement
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. Upon completion it was the tallest building in the city after the old 1905 city hall, and the highest office building in Germany. Its modern design caused controversy during construction, however, the building has since been recognized as a cultural and architectural landmark. The earliest high-rise office building erected from cement and steel was the Zeiss Building in
Jena
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, built by the
Dywidag company of Nuremberg in 1912 to house Zeiss' corporate headquarters.
From 1928 to 1943, the tower was the seat of the editorship and publishing house of the ''Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt'', a local newspaper; the building derives its name from this original tenant. After
World War II
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until 1978, the tower served as the headquarters for the two newspapers ''
Stuttgarter Zeitung
The ''Stuttgarter Zeitung'' ("Stuttgart newspaper") is a German language, German-language daily newspaper (except Sundays) edited in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a run of about 200,000 sold copies daily.
History and profile
It ...
'' and the ''
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
''Stuttgarter Nachrichten'' (''Stuttgart News'') is a newspaper that is published in Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany. It sells together with the '' Stuttgarter Zeitung'', which comes from the same publishing house. In 2013, the two papers, toget ...
''. In 2004, after extensive renovations, the tower was converted into a cultural center with several
theatre
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s under the name ''Kultur unterm Turm''.
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Buildings and structures in Stuttgart
Skyscrapers in Germany
Modernist architecture in Germany