Facade Greening on High-Rise Buildings

High sealing rates due to inner-city densification are increasingly having a negative effect on the microclimate in large German cities. The consequences are a deterioration in air quality due to increased emissions and a lack of green spaces, as well as sometimes extreme inner-city temperatures. In so-called urban heat islands, it can be up to

Blue Horizon

Blue Horizon is a residential tower on the site of the former Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hessen (KVH) in Frankfurt. The previously existing 19-storey office building is was repositioned as a residential building. The plans included four commercial units on the ground floor and 118 apartments with a total of 9,000 sqm of living space. The façade

Henninger Turm

The Henninger Turm ("Henninger Tower") is 140 meters tall and was built in the Sachsenhausen district, on the site of a former brewery bearing the same name. The new Henninger Turm is modelled on the original brewery silo, especially the barrel on the main building section. Compared to its predecessors, it has made clear headway.