Big rendering, very detailed. Thanks !

new 185m tower for frankfurt:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=505636


in 2008 the city will have atleast 5 new towers over 150m u/c

more news: new 180m skyscraper for the dz bank

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=454738&page=2

Time to revive this thread.

According to SSC, the Millenium Tower is still on, with a reduced height of 350 m.

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/21/mt2jh2.jpg

^ It would be so right with a supertall in Frankfurt!

Right.
From that angle, this building is a behemoth that would fit in Chicago. What a statement it'd make !

The chances of the Millenium Tower being built are still close to zero. Even with the recent boom in the German economy there is simply no demand for such a huge skyscraper.

It looks huge from that side, but the other side is very slender.
The gross area is probably not that important.

Frankfurt can offert this building at Paris ? Our office demand are too high. :D
Nice project anyway :)

Where is the ECB currently located ? In other buildings in Frankfurt ?

Thanks, looks a lot more centrally located.

Unfortunetly you are true; It's only a dream, today. :(

Frankfurt needs to really get on the stick a little more with the construction.

Auf schlecht deutsch: Frankfurt solle mehr Wolkenkratzer bei konstruktion haben.

Seen on DAF :

Here we go. Frankfurt The capital city of European skyscrapers... have a look. this week belongs to Germany - Deutchland www.skyscrapervideos.com

lots of things going on here. :)
great pics, frankfurt is really on top of europe ;)

So which 4-5 towers are planned ?

These are basically certain:

Skyline Plaza Tower One (UEC) - 212m
PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower - 185m
Skyline Plaza Tower Two (UEC) - 160m
Hochhaus Matthäuskirche - 130m


And there are rumors that the DZ Bank will announce a second tower soon.

^^ got any renderings of those buildings ?

But the site is cleared.
It just needs a go ahead.
I'd be surprised if it didn't come, eventually.

First renderings of PWC Tower 185

Source: http://www.vivico.de/deutsch/Immobil...tel/Tower_185/

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2504.jpg

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2510.jpg

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2512.jpg

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2508.jpg

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2514.jpg

Seen on SSC:

PWC Tower 185 will be a much needed addition to the skyline. MesseTurm has been too isolated too long. The new tower will help it make the connection to the main skyline.

nice shots of Frankfurt :) :tup:

Skyline reminds me of Atlanta Ga. Especially the tower with the spire. It looks like the BOA tower.

These are the current projects of Frankfurt:

Construction:
1. OpernTurm – 170m (finished 2009)
2. PalaisQuartier Office Tower – 136m (finished 2009)
3. PalaisQuartier Hotel Tower – 100m (finished 2009)
4. Tower 185 (PriceWaterCoopers Tower) – 185m (finished 2011)
5. Skytower (EZB/ECB Tower) – 185m (finished 2011?)

Proposed / almost sure:
1. BahnTower (Campanile) – 210m
2. Grand Hyatt Hotel (“Tower 2”) – 165m
3. DZ Bank-Tower 3 – 180-230m (is waiting for political yes)
4. Kaiserkarree – 130-150m (finished 2011)
5. Degussa/Evonik - some lower stuctures and one ~100m "tower"
Further:
6. Marieninsel – 210-250m
7. Tower Mathäuskirche – 130m
8. Frankfurter Sparkasse - 190-200m

And circa 10 other (not dead!) projects with more than 100 meters.
So maybe we can see 9 or 10 new skyscrapers in 2012 in Frankfurt. Too bad, that there is no new information about the millennium tower (350-380m). :(

This proposal is probably 20 years old :rolleyes:

No, this is brandnew. :p
Vivico want's to build a 210m tower for Deutsche Bahn AG next to the Central Railwaystation on the areal, where the Campanile was proposed in the 90's. And - oho - the administration of Frankfurt is fine with that. :notacrook:

No, it's a new proposal on the same spot. It has both the backing of the city (in fact it even has the support of the Green Party!!! since it will include a new huge bus terminal) and a major tenant (it will be the new headquarters of the German Rail (DB) in Frankfurt).

The first renderings should be released soon, the only thing that's known so far is the height of 210m, which would make it the third tallest in Frankfurt and Germany, 2m higher than Westendstr.1.

^^ Guys , now you made my very curious.

Is the Degussa building still that cubic one , the one that was proposed in the beginning?

Dunno, but i guess so... never saw a new rendering.

I have the feeling the more towers are being put on hold in london, the more towers are getting started in frankfurt. frankfurt will get hit by the worldwide turmoil in the financial sector - no doubt about it. but right now, it seems as if the boom isn't stopping but getting stronger - and all these projects already have anchor tenants.

the bahn tower is pretty certain now - the opposition fell quickly. if we're lucky, we'll see a 230m DG Bank tower too - that would be 2 x 200m+ towers nobody was expecting. plus all the others, that started or are about to start.

the only tower, that I'm worried a bit, is kaiserkarree. it is being redesigned completely right now - the height will be increased from 135m to 150m. that would be the only speculative project right now, unless tishman speyer is in secret talks with somebody. construction is planned to start beginng of 2009. I wonder, if this will really go ahead speculatively, in times like these.

soon we can add another tower to the u/c list:

the skyline plaza development including the grand hyatt tower is starting this year - this has been confirmed yesterday during a debate in the parliament. the development has got the final green light.

The situation in Frankfurt is completely different than in London, given the different group of tenants for whom the towers were planned.

90%+ of the projects in London were aimed at companies from the financial sectors and anybody who has been following the news recently knows about the current situation there.

The new Bahn Tower in Frankfurt has the German Rail as its main tenant, a company that even profits from a financial crisis (people switching from the car and plane to the rail). Also keep in mind that construction companies lower their prices during a recession in order to attract any customers at all during those times. This is also an important point to keep in mind when you think about the construction of the new tower of the ECB, which would get their new HQ for a cheaper price. Additionally quite a few of the new towers in Frankfurt are hotels such as the Hyatt @ UEC or the Palaisquartier Hotel.

according to this frankfurt could become the new headquarter for postbank ... they have a great skyscraper in bonn

http://www.faz.net/s/RubBEFA4EA6A594...~Scontent.html

Imagine Deutsche Bank would revive the dead project "MAX" as a new Postbank headquarter. Muahaha, Frankfurt booms and booms and booms. ;)

A lovely picture from the Opernturm made by CYFI from the DAF:

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for..._080911_04.jpg


Hoch 4 made by CYFI from the DAF:

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...V_080911_6.jpg

So this one , Tower 185 is actually U/C ?

http://www.vivico.de/images/img2508.jpg

Yes. :banana:

Good to see some activity in Frankfurt!

How is the situation about this one : Airrail Center ?

Here are some fresh pics:
Hochhausforum.de

There are also 3 webcams:

Webcam 1
Webcam 2
Webcam 3


I'll show you one of the pics here, picture was taken by Jürgen from Hochhausforum.de:

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...a09d33d0df.jpg

Airrail Center is growing rapidly. Seen from the autobahn it's currently looking like a giant ocean liner or spaceship. Yet another picture, seen on www.hochhausforum.de :

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...c7b91dfdee.jpg

http://www.ivg.de/images/airrail_1.jpg

Frankfurt exhibition centre: Lots of construction is also going on there:

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...075c1d9872.jpg

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...abdbf5a3ce.jpg

The PalaisQuartier is one of my favorite projects in Frankfurt: Posted by Schmittchen and CYFI from DAF (www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de).

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...chen/643pq.jpg

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...V_080911_1.jpg

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...V_080911_2.jpg

The Opernturm has nearly reached its final hight: Seen on DAF, posted by CYFI and Gizmo23

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for..._080911_03.jpg

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for..._080911_04.jpg

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...rnturm-104.jpg

Construction of Tower 185 (PriceWaterhouseCoopers-Tower) has begun: Pictures were taken by Jürgen from http://www.hochhausforum.de

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...053fec4a50.jpg

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...a54f0c34ca.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r71/tower1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r71/tower2.jpg

Back to Frankfurt Airport. Does somebody know if the so called Quartier Alpha, which is located within the The Gateway Gardens Area is under construction already?

http://www.ld-host.de/uploads/images...4bee51cb99.JPG

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/...1949f18d_o.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/934...1tcm387fl2.jpg

http://www.deutsches-architektur-for...tmitrender.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/...9072565d_o.jpg

http://www.gateway-gardens.de/upload...llery_qa01.jpg

What an update, thanks :tup: