The Centurion

Built in 1993, The Centurion is located in City West in the Bockenheim district and, with its 75 meters in height and 17 floors, is one of Frankfurt's larger office towers. The building was extensively renovated in 2008 and houses, among other things, the German headquarters of American Express. In 2013, the SIGNA Group purchased

Main Triangel

Main Triangle is an office building directly opposite the ECB in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. The design planning was done by Fritz Novotny. The complex, consisting of two building parts, was completed in 2008. Particularly striking is the atrium roof made of glass and steel, which spans the freely accessible inner courtyard. The Bilfinger construction company was responsible for

The Move

Siemens AG is building an office ensemble in the Gateway Gardens urban district that will house the company's new Frankfurt branch and provide external tenants with around 20,000 square meters of flexible office space in two buildings. A topping-out ceremony was held in June 2022 for the project, which is expected to be completed by

Elevator Planning in High-Rise-Buildings

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

Sustainability and Digitization

The topic of Sustainability is also becoming increasingly important in the construction and real estate industry. Materiality in particular, but also digitality, are playing an increasingly important role. The primary aim is to minimize energy and resource consumption, reduce land use, and keep the impact of a building on nature and the environment as low

Kastor – Forum Frankfurt

Kastor is located on the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage in the Gallus district, in close proximity to the exhibition grounds. The Kastor office building has a height of 95 meters (312 feet) and 22 rentable floors. The real estate project is marketed today as the Kastor Tower. In 2014 the property received a LEED Gold certificate from the

What is a certification?

Climate change and scarcity of resources require architects and the construction industry to rethink their approach. This is why more and more “green buildings” are being built, which are developed under the guiding principle of sustainability. For decades there have been various certifications for evaluating the sustainability of building products and structures. The best-known green