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54-597: The Deutsche Bank Twin Towers , also known as Deutsche Bank Headquarters (German: Zwillingstürme der Deutschen Bank or Hauptverwaltung Deutsche Bank AG ), is a twin tower skyscraper complex in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt , Germany. Both towers rise to 155 m (509 ft) and serve as headquarters for Deutsche Bank , the largest bank in Germany. The Deutsche Bank Twin Towers are prominently located at

108-477: A four-storey base building and the two towers. The buildings are complete reinforced concrete structures with reflective glass facades. In contrast to the neighboring high-rise Trianon , built a few years later, the pedestal of the Deutsche Bank skyscraper adapts to the urban environment. It is lower than the neighboring buildings, but spread out over a large base area. From the center of the plant, between

162-498: A land register of monuments and buildings worthy of preservation and by 1970 obtained a modification ban for Westend. Henceforward, the city wanted to turn around the development plans for any newly introduced developments. 1972 saw the federal state of Hesse issue a regulation against dwelling misuse. At the same time the Frankfurter Häuserkampf (house squatting) developed, which was mainly driven by students at

216-621: A northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the Westend ( German: [ˈvɛstʔˈɛnt] ) is generally considered an entity. Both city districts are part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt II . The Westend with its Wilhelminian style buildings is a beloved residential quarter and has the highest real estate prices in Frankfurt. Many old villas serve as offices for law firms and companies of

270-466: A small piece of Zeppelinallee, then from the southern boundary of the Palmengarten, Siesmayerstraße, Grüneburgweg up to its bend in the south east and Fürstenbergerstraße to the corner of Reuterweg. The official urban districts of Frankfurt are not covered completely by these borders. According to these the whole Messe (fair) grounds, except in the west border area of Bockenheim and in the east of

324-407: Is approximately 13 m (43 ft) below ground level. In 2006, Deutsche Bank decided that the towers would undergo a major renovation after 22 years due to changes in fire regulations. The renovation took place from 2007 until 2011. The work improved the fire protection systems and replaced the entire climate, water and lighting technology. This reduced energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in

378-403: Is strong, aware of its social responsibility, and globally-oriented but still has its roots in Frankfurt and Germany. These towers stand, in the truest sense of the word, for Deutsche Bank. We are truly at home here.” Prof. Mario Bellini , designer and architect from Milan: “The towers are symbols of a very solid company that has grown over many years, one that is built on strong foundations but at

432-408: Is the largest synagogue in Frankfurt and one of three currently used synagogues in Frankfurt. Built originally during 1908 to 1910, it served the liberal community until its closing and partial demolition in 1938 . However, on account of the buildings' close proximity to residential buildings, firemen sped to extinguish the fire sparked by non-Jewish German civilians and Sturmabteilung troops. After

486-536: The old opera house . The Zurich building built in 1960, and demolished again soon after was the first multi-storied building in Frankfurt Westend. The city transformed the remaining part of the area into the Rothschildpark, which is accessible to everyone. After the abolishment of control of living space in 1960, Hans Kampffmeyer , the head of the social democratic planning department developed

540-612: The war the synagogue was reinaugurated on 6 September 1950, this time by Orthodox Jews; it now houses the Yeshiva Gedolah Frankfurt . The synagogue's original design resembled Assyrian–Egyptian architecture. Throughout the various renovations that took place this orientation was preserved. The functional structure of the Suhrkamp publishing house is located in Lindenstraße, the architectural reputation of

594-458: The 1950 selling price was later improved, the return of a third of this area was demanded to be returned as part of the Rothschild inheritance. After this, approval of the construction of a multi-storey development on the Rothschild's returned land was received (they sold it to Schweizer Zürich-Versicherung and Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft ) and office towers were established directly opposite

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648-538: The 1970s yet another row of multi-storey buildings were built in Westend such as the AfE-Turm on the university grounds. The City-Hochhaus at Platz der Republik, in those days the highest skyscraper in Germany (and burned down in 1973 to the jubilation of several students) was however finished later. Although in 1976 a construction plan was decreed that no more skyscrapers would be planned, exceptions were approved in

702-569: The 2014 European Green Capital Award.” In 2007, Deutsche Bank purchased the complex for approximately €271 million from a closed-end fund which owned it since 1984. Estimates say work on the building cost the bank €200 million. In March 2011, the bank announced it would sell the towers to DWS Investments, another closed-end real estate fund owned by the bank's asset-management division for €600 million. Westend-S%C3%BCd (Frankfurt am Main) Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main , Germany. The division into

756-705: The Alleenring and serves the eastern Messe grounds. A railway junction developed at Bockenheimer Warte. Through the stations at Taunusanlage in the east and Messe in the west, the Westend is also linked into the Network of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn . Despite the high population density and the good traffic infrastructure the Westend has no hospitals, fire departments or police stations. All emergency services are however located close by in Nordend. In contrast

810-480: The City of Frankfurt am Main, emphasized in her welcoming remarks the importance of green and sustainable buildings in urban development. “We are delighted that the modernization of the Deutsche Bank towers has attracted interest worldwide. Frankfurt deserves its reputation as a 'green city' in many ways. This is a goal that we have been working towards for many years, and one that we have further highlighted by applying for

864-659: The North and Grüneburgweg as another east-west connection. Apart from that Grüneburgweg is also the Westend-Nord Westend-Süd border. The Westend was one of the first boroughs with a connection to the tram network . In those days the main route lead through Bockenheimer Landstraße. Since the building of the C-route of the Frankfurt U-Bahn the Westend still only had Messe line 16, which travels through

918-960: The Taunusanlage and Mainzer Landstraße to Platz der Republik. From east to west along this stretch are the Parktower (115 m), the Opernturm (170 m) the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers (each 155 m), the Trianon (186 m), the Frankfurter Büro Center (142 m), the Westend Tower (208 m) and the City-Haus (142 m). There are more tall buildings at the Messe grounds: the world-renowned Messeturm (257 m,

972-821: The USA) Heller Furniture . In 1972, Bellini was commissioned to design and build the prototype of the Kar-a-Sutra mobile environment for the exhibition “Italy: the New Domestic Landscape” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His Camaleonda modular sofa system, produced until 1979 by B&B Italia, was also shown in this exhibition. In 1987, the Museum of Modern Art devoted a personal retrospective exhibition to Bellini's career. At

1026-645: The University situated in the Westend. Many houses were occupied, which received constant supplies to demonstrate on the streets with the police. Joschka Fischer was also involved in this. The high point of the Häuserkampf was between 1970 and 1974. In 1972 an attack on the American headquarters in the I.G Farben building was carried out by the Red Army Fraction , in which a soldier died. In

1080-691: The Villa Leonhardi designed by the architect Nicolas Alexandre Salins de Montfort, as well as the Rothschildpalais of Friedrich Rumpf. Around the middle of the nineteenth century the area through the town was divided up and the streets and Squares were laid out. The narrow, built-up Frankfurter Neustadt was bursting at the seams and so people were continuously moving to the outer western town. Paris became an archetype for street construction, therefore wide boulevards as well as squares with radial streets leading outwards began to appear. In 1858

1134-479: The Westend borough into other parts of the city. Initially these streets are Eschersheimer Landstraße, the Anlagenring and the Alleenring, which carry a majority of the rush-hour and Messe traffic. Other important traffic-bearing streets are Bockheimer Landstraße as the main street to the Messe lying in an east-west direction, and the fairway made up of Reuterweg, Bremer Straße and Hansaallee as an arterial road in

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1188-699: The Westend has many superior educational facilities available. Near to the university the Westend has the Frankfurter Musikhochschule and the Sigmund-Freud-Insitut. Numerous schools can be found in the Westend of which several of primary schools (Elsa Brandström-Schule, Engelbert Humperdinck-Schule und Holzhausenschule), the I.E. Lichtigfeld-Schule of the Jewish community, a private school ( Anna-Schmidt-Schule ) and several grammar schools: Korean Air operates its Germany office in

1242-493: The Westend was still a clean residential area for around 40,000 people. The houses had only four floors as a general rule. In 1938 Frankfurt came upon the chance to purchase a 58 hectare area between Bockenheimer Landstraße, Unterlindau, Staufenstraße and Reuterweg at a very reasonable price, which had previously belonged to the well-established Jewish Rothschild family , land which the Nazi government had put into probation. Although

1296-543: The area still carry the names of these estates which were called Hellerhof, Hynsperghof and Kettenhof. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the old Frankfurt fortifications were razed. Soon numerous classic suburban villas with generous gardens sprang up along the Bockenheimer Landstraße, the arterial road in the neighbouring town of Bockenheim . Among them were the Gontardsche garden house and

1350-656: The borders of the city districts of Westend-Süd , the Bahnhofsviertel and the Innenstadt , near a series of baroque-era-fortifications-gone-parks ( Wallanlagen ) and the Opernplatz. This area forms Frankfurts central business district called Bankenviertel . The twin towers are part of a chain of high-rise buildings at Mainzer Landstraße which stretches from the Opernplatz in the east to the Platz der Republik in

1404-464: The building at least 50 percent. A re-glazing with opening windows improved the energy balance further. The goal was to certify the building as a green building according to American standard LEED certification with the highest platinum for existing buildings, and the German seal of approval DGNB. The towers were the first high-rises to be given this certification by the U.S. Green Building Council . For

1458-759: The city together. The northern borough was less densely built-up due primarily to the generously laid borders of the Grüneburgpark. In 1930 Hans Poelzig erected the IG Farben Building . Until the Second World War nothing else changed much. In the Third Reich the borough was abolished and the Westend became part of Frankfurt-Nord. Police station nine in Lindenstraße 27 was the center of the Frankfurt Gestapo . The Westend

1512-469: The concept of decentralising the inner city. The adjacent boroughs were to become an extension of the Westend. The so-called Fünf-Fingerplan of 1967 designated that through the Westend five leading axles – Mainzer Landstraße , Bockenheimer Landstraße, Reuterweg, Grüneburgweg and Eschersheimer Landstraße – should be developed under an intensive construction plan. From this came a wave of property speculation, numerous nineteenth century building were demolished in

1566-527: The day, in February 1985, Deutsche Bank’s headquarters at Taunusanlage 12 were formally opened for the first time. Since then, the towers have become landmarks of Frankfurt and symbols of Germany as a financial centre. Josef Ackermann , Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG, explained that “These towers are not just Frankfurt landmarks, they are also trademarks of a Deutsche Bank that

1620-675: The district up to Eschersheimer Landstraße, also belongs to Westend. The western part of the Innenstadt, the eastern part of the Bahnhofsviertel and the southern part of the Westend form Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel . The concentration of skyscrapers here is higher than anywhere else in Germany. The skyscrapers which are located in the Westend line up from the Bockenheimer Anlage via

1674-688: The district. Along the Senckenberganlage from Georg-Voigt-Straße to Bockenheimer Warte lies the Campus Bockenheim of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University . The buildings still date from the start of the university or further back in time. The construction of the Senckenberg Museum is also impressive. It was erected for the Senckenberg natural sciences society from 1904 to 1907 from plans by Ludwig Neher. The museum

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1728-604: The fairground. Regular exhibitions and concerts take place here. On the forecourt of both buildings stands the Hammering Man , a moving statue by American artist Jonathan Borofsky . The established corporate headquarters of IG Farben were erected at Grüneburgpark in Westend-Nord in 1928. After World War II the IG Farben Building became the main location of the American armed forces in Europe. Since 2001 it serves as

1782-662: The financial community. Along with the Bahnhofsviertel , the Nordend and the Ostend , it is part of Frankfurt's dense inner city districts. Like the other districts constructed in the Wilhelminian period the Westend has been within the town walls of Frankfurt since the building of the Frankfurter Landwehr . Largely consisting of fields and heathland, it was area made up of isolated farming estates. Streets in

1836-402: The first Frankfurt Zoo was laid out on the Bockenheimer Landstraße, which was later moved to the Ostend . The Westend then became a residential quarter for the affluent, as in other towns and cities with a Westend. Many villas and grand residential houses sprouted, of which many still stand today. At the end of the nineteenth century nearly the whole southern part of the Westend was built-up. In

1890-486: The following years, their long established tenants driven out by rough methods. Several hundred houses stood empty in the Westend of 1970, often in completely shabby condition. The development soon encountered resistance by the population. The middle classes reacted with the creation of the first Bürgerinitiativen (citizen's initiative), the Aktionsgemeinschaft Westend (AGW). The AGW put together

1944-525: The form of books, films and music, closer to the people of Frankfurt. The Messeturm is the second tallest building in the European Union . It is located on the western end of Westend-Süd at the fairground. Alongside is the Festhalle , a civic center, with a freely supported dome construction of glass and steel between stone corner-towers. It belongs to the first building which were constructed on

1998-492: The highest possible certifications of LEED Platinum and DGNB Gold for their resource and energy efficiency. Scot Horst (U.S. Green Building Council) and Professor Manfred Hegger (German Sustainable Building Council) presented the two certificates to Hermann-Josef Lamberti who, as Chief Operating Officer, was the Deutsche Bank Management Board member responsible for the renovation. Petra Roth , Mayor of

2052-696: The interior of the 1980 Lancia Trevi ); lamps for Artemide , Erco, and Flos; and office furniture for Vitra . Other firms for which he has designed products and/or continues to design products include (in Italy) Acerbis, Bras, Driade, Candy, Castilia, Flou , Kartell, Marcatrè, Meritalia, Natuzzi and Poltrona Frau ; (in Belgium) Ideal Standard ; (in Germany) Lamy and Rosenthal ; (in Japan) Fuji and Zojirushi; and (in

2106-582: The interior, the Bank chose Milanese architect Mario Bellini . During the work, approximately 2,500 employees were relocated to three other sites in Frankfurt, including the Investment Banking Center near the trade fair. After a three-year renovation period, the 155 m (509 ft) Deutsche Bank towers were officially re-opened on 14 February 2011 in a ceremony attended by guests from politics, business and society. Almost 26 years ago to

2160-618: The new campus for the Goethe University. The surrounding Grüneburgpark lies in the curve of Miquelallee and is one of the biggest parks in Frankfurt. One of the few original, preserved buildings remaining is the former Livingstonsche Pferdestall in Ulmenstraße. It is the only building left of a magnificent mansion complex of Max Livingston. The Westend synagogue, located in Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 30,

2214-598: The northern part was the newly laid Palmengarten , the Grüneburgweg with its emerging Grüneburgpark as well as the Irrenanstalt (the so-called Irrenschloß , a psychiatric hospital) founded by Heinrich Hoffmann on the Affenstein. Around the well-contained development Mayor Franz Adickes had the Alleenring built at the beginning of the twentieth century, which at the same time bound all the new boroughs of

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2268-601: The residence corresponds inversely to its literary importance. Mario Bellini In 1963, Bellini became a consultant for Olivetti , where he worked on the design of the Programma 101 , a precursor to the desktop computer. His design for the CMC7-7004 magnetic character marking machine won the Compasso d'Oro in 1964. Bellini continued to collaborate with Olivetti throughout the 1970s and 1980s, during which time he

2322-437: The role that Deutsche Bank plays as one of the most important global banking and financial services companies. The towers share a 4,660 m (50,200 sq ft; 0.466 ha; 1.15 acres) foundation slab, which is 4 m (13 ft) thick in the middle and tapers towards the edges to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). The panel consists of 16,122 m (569,300 cu ft) of reinforced concrete. The formation depth

2376-434: The same time remains highly dynamic.” Deutsche Bank used the renovation of the towers to implement many innovative and progressive ideas, primarily in the field of ecology. For example, the bank has cut its energy supply by a half, water consumption by over 70 percent and CO 2 emissions by almost 90 percent, making the new towers one of the most eco-friendly high-rise buildings in the world. read more The towers received

2430-424: The southern part of Westend along Mainzer Landstraße and the Alleenring. Today the southern part of Westend has grown together extensively with the Bankenviertel . On the edge of Westend the second highest skyscraper in Germany, the Messeturm , rose up to 257 metres. Westend lies at the northwestern border of the inner city and north of Bahnhofsviertel and Gallus . Its longest border separated it from Bockenheim to

2484-460: The tallest skyscraper in Europe between 1991 and 1997), the Westend Gate (159 m, the tallest skyscraper in Germany between 1976 and 1977). As a predominantly residential area the Westend mainly has narrow roads, which are calm in relation to traffic. Apart from a few exceptions all the roads are one-way streets, which change directions at cross roads. Therefore, the Westend is much loved by driving schools. The exceptions are streets which lead out of

2538-438: The time, the museum already included 25 of his works in its permanent collection, including a set of Olivetti machines, furniture designed in collaboration with B&B and Cassina, and the office chairs he designed for Vitra. Mario Bellini Architects (MBA) is headquartered in Milan. The 1,500 square meter building was designed by Mario Bellini himself in the early 1990s. In 1999, MBA obtained ISO 9001 quality certification. Today,

2592-421: The two towers, stretch on an irregular floor plan three components to the east, southwest and northwest. The towers are irregular trapezoidal shapes, but both feature identical floors plans that have symmetric 45-degree angles arranged 13 m (43 ft) from the center of the plant around. The buildings have become a popular backdrop in print media and television as a symbol for the German economy because of

2646-492: The west. The towers have direct access to an underground S-Bahn station ( Taunusanlage ). The largest man-shaped monolith of the world, created by the Swiss sculptor Max Bill , is located in front of the entrance. The towers were built from 1979 to 1984 originally to house a hotel for the Hyatt Hotel Group. The buildings were already under construction when Hyatt cancelled its plans and Deutsche Bank decided to locate its headquarters there. The complex consists of three parts:

2700-483: The west. To the north the Westend meets the borough of Dornbusch, and to the east of is Nordend. The northern border of Westend is identical to that of the former Frankfurter Landwehr, which protected the territory of the free city of Frankfurt for centuries. Normally the people of Frankfurt say Westend is hemmed in by Reuterweg, the Bockenheimer Anlage at the Opernplatz, the Taunusanlage, Mainzer Landstraße up to Platz der Republik, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage, Senckenberganlage,

2754-399: The western edge and over the Alleenring. The Westend was also attached to the underground from its very beginning. The A-route traffic ran through a tunnel under Eschersheimer Landstraße. The Westned had another U-Bahn route since 1986 underneath Bockenheimer Landstraße. The C-route runs from the Alte Oper to Bockenheimer Warte. A third U-Bahn route was added in 2001. The D-route runs underneath

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2808-420: Was erected in the tradition of the baroque castles . The full, representative facade, which captivates through the building of wings for the Physical Association and the Senckenberg library in the form of open arcades, is worth seeing. The building, (known as "Haus der Völkerfreundschaft" to the locals) inaugurated in 1958 on the corner of Reuterweg and Staufenstraße, was supposed to bring the American culture in

2862-793: Was involved in the design of many of the company's iconic products, such as the Lexicon 82 and Praxis 35 electric typewriters (the latter of which also won a Compasso d'Oro in 1981), Mercator 20 cash register (1984 Compasso d'Oro), and the Divisumma 28 electronic printing calculator. Bellini has also worked with several other companies, including B&B Italia , Brionvega , Cassina , Heller Furniture , Flou, Yamaha, Renault, Rosenthal, Tecno, Riva 1920, Vitra , and Kartell . For many years he designed furnishing products and systems for B&B Italia and Cassina. He designed TV sets, hi-fi systems, headphones, and electric organs for Yamaha. For five years, he worked as an automobile design consultant with Renault . He has also designed for Fiat and Lancia (notably

2916-401: Was spared from carpet bombing during the airraids of the second world war. Initially, after the war almost the whole Westend-Nord (from Wolfgangstraße) was declared a restricted zone. The American military set up their headquarters in the I.G. Farben building. Surrounding boroughs were converted into housing estates for GIs. In 1948 barbed wire was removed from the restricted zones. In the 1950s

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