How did the SKYLINE ATLAS come about?

The initiator of the SKYLINE ATLAS is Michael Wutzke who has a great passion for high-rise architecture, believes Frankfurt is a wonderful place, and wants to inspire others about the city. However, the SKYLINE ATLAS is only a side project of the initiator today. The content of the publication is largely complete and is usually

07

Feb

City-Haus on Platz der Republik is higher than expected

SKYLINE ATLAS regularly reviews archives and historical materials about buildings in Frankfurt. During such research we became aware of an article in the magazine Beton- und Stahlbetonbau from July 1975. In the article, written by Dipl-Ing. Raman Kürkchübasche, Consulting Engineer VBI, the structural design of Hochhaus Platz der Republik (today called City-Haus) was described in

09

Sep

How tall is the high-rise ONE FORTY WEST?

SKYLINE ATLAS has gone on a detailed search and has created surprise and frustration. For the current high-rise project ONE FORTY WEST ("140 WEST"), one could assume that the building height is 140 meters (459 feet). Also the owner hausinvest (in German), the BILD Newspaper (in German), the CTBUH* and Wikipedia* (in German) list 140