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Frankfurt Architecture : Buildings
Contemporary Buildings in Hesse, mid Germany
post updated 29 July 2024
Architecture in Frankfurt
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Frankfurt Architecture. Buildings are mostly located in the city centre, within walking distance of each other. We cover completed Frankfurt-am-Main buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Frankfurt. The focus is on contemporary German buildings.
We have 2 pages of Frankfurt Architecture selections.
Frankfurt Architecture : news + A-J (this page)
Frankfurt Building : K-Z
Frankfurt Building Photos of key buildings
Frankfurt Architecture Walking Tours, our 49th city
e-architect launch Building Tours in Germany
photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt has a wide range of contemporary architecture. Key buildings include Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Museum of Arts and Crafts Frankfurt) by Richard Meier (USA) and the Commerzbank Tower by Foster & Partners, Architects (UK). Key recent buildings include Tower 185 Building by Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten and the KfW Westarkade building by Sauerbruch Hutton. A major proposal is the Grand Hyatt Hotel by UNStudio (Netherlands).
Major building in the city:
Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Architect: Richard Meier
photo © Adrian Welch
Museum of Arts and Crafts Frankfurt
Frankfurt Buildings – Latest Designs
Frankfurt Architecture News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
20 February 2024
House ZdM9, Offenbach, near Frankfurt am Main
Design: KHBT, Architects and Designers, London/Berlin
picture : Johannes Marburg
House ZdM9 Offenbach
2 Sep 2022
NION Frankfurt am Main office building, Europaviertel
Design: UNStudio
image : MOARE
NION Frankfurt am Main office building
22 Apr 2022
HW 1 Competition win
Design: caspar.
images : Signa Real Estate / caspar. / bloomimages
Hauptwache 1 Frankfurt am Main
20 Jun 2019
Leaf and Bean Coffee Co Pavilion, Waldspielpark Heinrich-Kraft-Park
Design: MASK Architects
image courtesy of architects
Leaf and Bean Coffee Co Pavilion
6 Feb 2018
FOUR Frankfurt Towers
Design: UNStudio & HPP Architects (UNS + HPP)
image courtesy of architects
FOUR Frankfurt Development
11 Sep 2013
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Design: Henning Larsen Architects
image from architects office
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management situated in one of Europe’s leading financial capitals has selected Henning Larsen Architects’ design proposal for a new school located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. The 42,000 m2 project is designed in collaboration with landscape architects ManMadeLand and engineering companies Innius RR, Werner Sobek, Transsolar and BPK.
14 May 2013
Haus W
Design: Ian Shaw Architekten
photo from architect studio
House in Frankfurt am Main
This well crafted cuboid generates spectacular light. The development, constructed out of prefabricated high insulation timber panels and energy-efficient glazing, is articulated as a classic modernist intervention: a box set into a traditional pitched roof atop a standard three-storey house.
Villa W
Design: Ian Shaw Architekten
image from architecture office
Villa W – 4 Apr 2013
This white, monolithic housewill reside in a suburb of Frankfurt. From the street it will appear impenetrable, so delineating a clear demarcation between the public and private realms.The building’sfront elevation is articulated as a series of windowless blocks, its recessed entranceway the only glazed element of its north facing façade.
14 Dec 2012
Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 Forecourt Building
Design: Grimshaw
image : Grimshaw
Frankfurt Airport Forecourt Building
Grimshaw is delighted to announce that it has completed a detailed masterplanning study for Fraport which provides a new vision for the existing forecourt area at Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 1. Grimshaw’s defining concept for the masterplan is to bring light, greenery and fresh air into the heart of the airport.
2 Oct 2012
Frankfurt Airport : Extension of gate A
Architect: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
photo © Marcus Bredt, Berlin
Frankfurt Airport Building
This building is about 800 meters long, with an area of 185,000 sqm and designed for up to six million passengers a year. On 10 October 2012, Fraport and Lufthansa start operations in the extension of gate A at Rhein-Main airport, Frankfurt, which has been designed and implemented by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp).
18 Jul 2012
Tower 185 Building
Prof. Christoph Mäckler Architekten
photo © Klaus Helbig
Tower 185 Building
Germany’s fourth-highest office building – marks the gateway to the new Europa district in Frankfurt am Main and adds a new dimension to the city’s silhouette. The Tower 185 ensemble is made up of two main components: the perimeter block and the tower itself.
12 Apr 2012
Blue Night at Frankfurt Stock Exchange
ATELIER BRÜCKNER, Architects
photo : Uwe Dettmar, Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Building
On Sunday 14 April, the Large Trading Hall at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange will be transformed into an artistic installation reflecting the theme “Technology and Man”. Working with the light artist Ingo Bracke of Studio Kybra, ATELIER BRÜCKNER developed a subtle choreography of light and sound that makes it possible to experience the leading German share-trading location in a new way.
8 Nov 2011
KfW-building : “Best Tall Building in the World 2011”
sauerbruch hutton
image © Sauerbruch Hutton
KfW Westarkade Building
The 85m high-rise is a prototype for a new generation of ecological building, running on less than 100 kWh/a/m² of primary energy it is one of the most energy-efficient office towers in the world. The streamlined form integrates itself into its surrounding context, while simultaneously standing out through the playful use of colour.
11 Aug 2011
German Film Museum
ATELIER BRÜCKNER
photo : Uwe Dettmar, Frankfurt/Main
German Film Museum Frankfurt
The German Film Museum in Frankfurt am Main presents visitors a completely renovated building containing an inspiring, high-quality permanent exhibition. In an exhibition area of 800 sqm spread out over two floors, a compact setting is revealed that works with the means and methods of film and, at the same time, reflects them.
15 Dec 2010
Zeilgalerie shopping centre
3deluxe in/exterior – red dot award
picture from architect
Zeilgalerie shopping centre Frankfurt
The redesign of this Frankfurt shopping centre, which opened in 1992, includes a completely new look for the façade and a full makeover of the public areas inside the complex.
Key Frankfurt Buildings
Hesse Architectural Designs, alphabetical:
City Hall – Romer
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photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt City Hall
Commerzbank Tower
Foster & Partners Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Commerzbank Tower Frankfurt : 259m high
Deutsches Architektur Museum – DAM
Architect: Oswald Mathias Ungers
photo © Adrian Welch
German Architecture Museum
Deutsches Filmmuseum Refurbishment
Bofinger, Helge & Partner
photo © Adrian Welch
German Film Museum
Frankfurt Dom
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photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt Cathedral
Frankurt Hauptbahnhof
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photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt Railway Station
Frankfurter Hof
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photo © Adrian Welch
Frankfurt Hotel
Grand Hyatt Hotel
UNStudio
picture from architect
Grand Hyatt Tower Frankfurt
Japan Center
Ganz + Rolfes Architects
photo © Adrian Welch
Japan Center : 115m high
Frankfurt Architecture – No Images
Hesse Building Designs, alphabetical:
City-Haus
Platz der Republik
Richard Heil; Johannes Krahn Architects
142m high
1974
European Central Bank (ECB) – new headquarters, Ostend district, Frankfurt, Germany
2007-
Coop Himmelb(l)au
approx. 185m high pair of towers
Eurotower
1977
Kaiserstrasse
148m high
Frankfurt-am-Main Tram Station
under construction
Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue – Embt Arquitectes Associats SL
1995: Architecture Competition – First Prize
Frankfurt Terminal 3
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Christophe Mäckler
German Architecture Competition win 2005
Gesellschaftshaus Palmengarten, Frankfurt-am-Main
2002-09
David Chipperfield Architects
Juedisches Museum
1989
Architect: Ante Josip von Kostelac
Frankfurt Skyscrapers
photo © Adrian Welch
Location: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
German City Architecture near Frankfurt
Frankfurt building : Stadium
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