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Old Posted Nov 20, 2011, 3:13 AM
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FRANKFURT | European Central Bank HQ | 185 M / 607 FT | 45 FLOORS

Height: 185m / 607ft (Antenna: 217m / 712ft)
Floors: 45
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Construction start: 2010
Construction Finish: 2014
Estimated cost: €1.4 billion (US-$1.9 billion)

Will be the new HQ of the ECB, which is currently located in the 'Eurotower': http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1408

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Now that's how to do a curtain wall. No unsightly spandrel glass.
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That glass is wunderbar!
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This looks great. And I like the smaller floor profile you see behind the glass.
     
     
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I was in Frankfurt for business today and had some spare time...






















     
     
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Beautiful but why so far from the city center?
     
     
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^ I was wondering that too, it would have been a nice addition to the downtown landscape. I guess not though. They went for the office building on the side of the highway kind of thing.
     
     
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Looking good. . .

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