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The Fifty Avon is an 8-story office building built in 1996 in Frankfurt's Westend. It is centrally located and easily accessible from the city center or the central station on Mainzer Landstraße in Frankfurt's banking district, where its long curved glass and steel façade is immediately noticeable. In the Fifty Avon, all floors are connected
Home > Magazin > Interviews > André Friedel Fit for the Future: BIM Use in High-Rise Construction Architect André Friedel from Drees & Sommer in Conversation Complex high-rise buildings require perfect planning. BIM (Building Information Modeling) provides a remedy here and enables efficient and digitized collaboration between the various trades involved in construction. However, the
There are more than 450 built high-rise buildings in Frankfurt am Main according to SKYDB. The construction of high-rise buildings is not a special discipline in Germany, as the legally defined high-rise limit is only 22 meters. While lower skyscrapers make do with standard elevator models, skyscrapers use special high-performance elevators. Such optimized elevators for
Wood as a building material is becoming increasingly important in the construction industry due to its sustainable properties. It binds CO2 and, among other things, enables fast processes on a construction site due to its modular construction. More and more project developers are therefore relying on this building material. It already has a market share of
Schüco is a German company in the building supply industry with a focus on window and façade elements. The company was founded in 1951 in East Westphalia. The company can thus look back on a 70-year tradition and now employs 6,330 people worldwide. From the initial idea to the planning, implementation and use of residential
Schindler is the largest elevator manufacturer in Germany and has equipped some of the tallest high-rise buildings in Frankfurt with its elevators. Various models are used in the process. The height of the building in particular determines which elevator is most suitable. Passenger elevators are faster than freight elevators and are designed for higher buildings,
Elevators are of fundamental importance for high-rise buildings not only in their finished state but also during the construction process. The elevator manufacturer Schindler Aufzüge has developed a special solution for this with the Climb Lift. The Climb lifts people and materials upwards during the construction process and grows step by step with the high-rise
The main task of an architectural office is the design, technical and economic planning of buildings, e.g. sustainable high-rise buildings. The architectural laws of the federal states define the professional task, although these may differ in certain aspects. Likewise, certain specializations within general architecture differ. For example, it is possible to specialize in landscape architecture or
Züblin is a construction company based in Stuttgart. It was founded in 1898 by the Swiss engineer Eduard Züblin and is now the number 1 in German building and civil engineering. It is a member of the globally active STRABAG SE. The company currently comprises around 14,000 employees and is characterized above all by intelligent
Modular building can be thought of as a building block principle: Individual modules, such as part of the facade, are assembled. This construction method is used in building construction and civil engineering. The individual components of a building are therefore no longer manufactured on site, but simply assembled.For a long time, modular building was viewed
Building Information Modeling is the name given to a software-based working method that brings together the design, construction and management of a building. In this context, BIM ensures a more intelligent use of data, for example to construct high-rise buildings faster and more ecologically. In this process, data on all aspects of construction are collected
What would Frankfurt's banking district be and would there be high-rise buildings like the Messeturm or the Commerzbank Tower without them? Elevators! They are the safest and most widely used means of transportation in the world during the day and therefore one of the most important means of transport in today's society. Yet they are not just
Lupp is a group of companies from Nidda near Frankfurt am Main that has existed for over 100 years. It is one of the largest and oldest building contractors and project developers in Germany and has approximately 750 employees. The spectrum of services ranges from development to construction and operation of a building. The three pillars
Home > Magazin > Interviews > Tarek Al-Wazir On the Future of the Rhine-Main Region Minister Tarek Al-Wazir in Conversation Tarek Al-Wazir is one of the most important politicians in Germany. As Minister of Economics and Vice-Premiere Minister, he has been involved in numerous political developments for many years. Currently, Tarek Al-Wazir is Minister of State for
Home > Magazin > Interviews > Ute Latzke Rejuvenation for Architectural Communication The Founder of the Agency textart by ute Latzke in Conversation We are surrounded and confronted with information everywhere and all the time. In our digital age, content is created quickly and distributed even faster. But what exactly do we want to say
Paul-Martin Lied is a graduate architect (TU Darmstadt) and book author with profound knowledge of the architecture of Frankfurt. Paul-Martin Lied is also the founder of "frankfurts führende architekten" and offers architectural tours in this role. He still belongs to the Guiding Architects network. "Architecture fascinates many people. In my job, the focus is on
The FrankfurtRheinMain Metropolitan Region is an economically strong region in the heart of Germany and in the middle of Europe. The geographic location has made the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Metropolitan Region a hub for the exchange of people, goods and capital for centuries. The long trading tradition and success as exhibition place is evidence of this. The
The Frankfurt City Region is an accumulation of cities and counties around the city of Frankfurt (Germany). It is organized by the Regional Authority FrankfurtRheinMain. According to the harmonized terms used by the Statistical Office of the European Union, the city region "DE005C Frankfurt am Main" is one of 323 "Functional Urban Areas" in the
5:42 AM: The city is shaken by explosions. "Is it an attack, an earthquake, or an accident?" 5:55 AM: Our building is hit, everyone is leaving the house. Flames, panic and despair all over the place. 6:20 AM: The city center is evacuated. Chaos wherever you look.8:20 AM: I heard a soft humming. Then voices.
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