Messeturm
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{{Short description|Skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany}}
{{For|other buildings with the same name|Basler Messeturm|Messeturm Köln}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Messeturm
| image = File:01-01-2014 - Messeturm - trade fair tower - Frankfurt- Germany - 05.jpg
| location = Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
| coordinates = {{coord|50|06|44|N|8|39|10|E|region:DE-HE|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe-marker = building
| status = Completed
| antenna_spire =
| roof = {{convert|257|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| top_floor = {{convert|228|m|0|abbr=on}}
| floor_count = 63
2 below ground
| start_date = 13 July 1988
| opening = October 1990
| building_type = Commercial offices
| floor_area = {{convert|61711|m2|sqft|-2|abbr=on}}
| cost = DM500 million
| developer = Tishman Speyer Properties
CitiBank
| owner = Tishman Speyer Properties
| architectural_style = Art Deco, Postmodern
| architect = Helmut Jahn
Richard Murphy
| structural_engineer = Ingenieurbüro Fritz Nötzold
| main_contractor = HOCHTIEF AG
| public_transit = {{ubl|{{ric|Frankfurt U-Bahn|U4|size=x12}} Festhalle/Messe | {{rint|Frankfurt|Tram|size=16}} 16 17 Festhalle/Messe}}
| references = {{CTBUH|796}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/109672 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712124152/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/109672 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 July 2015 |title=Emporis building ID 109672 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|205}}{{Structurae|20000123}}
}}The Messeturm, or Trade Fair Tower, is a 63-storey, {{convert|257|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=3793412&_ffmpar[_id_inhalt]=52463 |title=MesseTurm |language=German |work=Frankfurt.de |publisher=City of Frankfurt |accessdate=9 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309212534/http://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=3793412&_ffmpar& |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1990 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower, which is also located in Frankfurt.
The Messeturm is located near the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds. Helmut Jahn designed the Messeturm in a postmodern architectural style. It is regarded as one of the design classics among European skyscrapers. Despite its name, the Messeturm is not used for trade fair exhibitions but as an office building. It is one of the few buildings in Germany with their own postal code (60308), the others being Opernturm, another Frankfurt skyscraper, and the summit station on Zugspitze.
When Germany submitted its application to have Frankfurt selected as the seat of the European Union's Anti-money-laundering authority (AMLA) in 2023, the Messeturm was one of three options – alongside Tower 185 – presented as potential location for the new agency.Carsten Volkery (9 November 2023), [https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/amla-wie-deutschland-die-anti-geldwaesche-behoerde-nach-frankfurt-holen-will/29492830.html Wie Deutschland die Anti-Geldwäsche-Behörde nach Frankfurt holen will] Handelsblatt
Design
The Messeturm is similar in design to towers by other architects including the Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia and Key Tower (1991) in Cleveland, Ohio. Frankfurters often call it Bleistift ("pencil") due to its shape. The construction of the building's foundation set a world record for the longest continuous concrete pour. Ninety trucks poured concrete for 78 hours into the {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=on}} deep foundation. Its ground floor area is just {{convert|1681|m2|abbr=on}}, and features a {{convert|36.3|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} pyramid at the top.
The tower uses numerous geometric shapes in its design such as the square footprint which is the main shape used throughout the tower. It then rises to a cylindrical shape which finally completes in a pyramid.
There are 900 parking places in a public parking garage and a direct connection to the subway.
In popular culture
- SimCity series
- MesseTurm appears under the name Hogan Wallace and White Insurance as a vanilla stage 8 Euro-Contemporary building set in SimCity 4 (Deluxe or with Rush Hour).{{Cite web|url=http://simcity4buildings.net/index.php?lang=eng&page=gewerbe&tileset=E&id=430#430|title=Sim City 4 Building Index|website=simcity4buildings.net|access-date=5 July 2018}}
- There is a building that has a similar appearance to the Messeturm in SimCity 3000.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}
Gallery
File:Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 2, Frankfurt.jpg|The inner city ring with Messeturm in the background
File:Sunset-maintower-2011-ffm-072-b.jpg|Messeturm at sunset
File:Frankfurt am Main Messeturm bei Nacht.jpg|Messeturm at night
File:Messeturm from street level.jpg|Messeturm from street level
File:Messeturm-Frankfurt.jpg|Messeturm from street level
Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Messeturm (Frankfurt am Main)}}
- [https://www.skylineatlas.com/portfolios/messeturm/ MesseTurm at SKYLINE ATLAS]
- [https://en.phorio.com/messeturm,_frankfurt_am_main,_germany MesseTurm at Phorio]
- [https://www.craftingmodels.com/directory/frankfurt/ MesseTurm Paper Model]
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