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German Skyscraper Buildings

Key Tall Developments in Germany: Building Design Information + Images

post updated 25 June 2023

Key German Skyscraper Projects, over 100m high, alphabetical:

German Skyscrapers

Airport Tower, Düsseldorf

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Alexanderplatz Tower – Fernsehturm, Berlin
Design: Hermann Henselmann / Jörg Streitparth

photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Alexanderplatz Tower : ‘Tele-spargel’ building
Up to the 1850s, this square was a military parade and exercise ground, as well as a place where local farmers sold their produce. It became a major transport junction when the railway station opened in 1882.

Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
Design: Foster & Partners, Architects

photo © Adrian Welch
German skyscraper building
This 56-story, 259 m (850 ft) futurist skyscraper owned by Samsung of Korea since September 2016 in the banking district of Frankfurt, Germany. An antenna spire with a signal light on top gives the tower a total height of 300.1 m (985 ft). It is the tallest building in Frankfurt and the tallest building in Germany.

Deutsche Post : Post Tower, Bonn
Design: Murphy/Jahn Architects

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163m high

Empire Riverside Hotel, Hamburg
Design: David Chipperfield Architects

photo © Ralf Buscher
Hamburg Hotel
This four star hotel and a retail and office building in Hamburg, St. Pauli is part of a 110,000 sqm housing and office development on the former Bavaria brewery grounds. The extraordinary nature and history of the Bavaria grounds – overlooking the river Elbe – inspired the research for this project.

Fernsehturm “Colonius” Köln – Cologne telecommunications tower

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266m high

Japan Center, Frankfurt
Design: Ganz + Rolfes Architects

photo © Adrian Welch
115m tall
Japan Center skyscraper
This Hesse skyscraper is a formal square building with massive postmodern rooftop cantilever, gridded symmetrical fenestration grouped in squares. There is a public restaurant in this high-rise building, located on the 25th floor, and logically titled ‘Window 25’.

KölnTurm, Cologne
Design: Jean Nouvel with Kohl & Kohl Architekten (Essen)

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165m high : Cologne’s second tallest building after the Colonius

Kronenhaus, Frankfurt
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201m tall
Kronenhaus skyscraper
The crown at the top of this building is heated during the winter to prevent the formation of icicles. This German office building ia also known as Westend Straße 1 or DZ Bank Headquarters.