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Commerzbank Tower

Headquarters of Commerzbank · Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Tall slender skyscraper with an antenna mast rising above a low city under a blue sky
The tower above the city · Commerzbank AG / CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view over the city centre with a cluster of high-rises and the tallest tower in the middle
In the Frankfurt skyline · Kasa Fue / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
City square with a glass entrance building on the left, older stone buildings on the right and the tower behind
Kaiserplatz · Tilman AB / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Glass roof with steel bars, the tower fading into fog above it
The tower through a glass roof · Leno89 / CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view of a white tower with a red and white antenna mast above a dark neighbouring high-rise and the city
From above · © Commerzbank
River view with the city skyline and the tower on the left bank under a blue sky
From a bridge over the Main · Gerda Arendt / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Skyline across the river with older buildings along the bank and the tallest tower on the right
Across the Main · Norbert Nagel / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tower rising over trees and a park lawn with other high-rises nearby
Over the trees · dontworry / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In numbers

Architect
Foster + Partners (Sir Norman Foster)
Height
259 m (850 ft)
Storeys
53
Floor area
≈ 85,000 m² (≈ 915,000 sq ft)
People
≈ 2,600
Built
1994–1997, about €300 million
Structural engineers
Ove Arup & Partners / Krebs & Kiefer
Landscape
Sommerland & Partners
Ownership
Sold to Samsung SRA Asset Management (decided 2016); Commerzbank is sole tenant on a 15-year lease

Source: Commerzbank press release, May 15, 2017 · Foster + Partners project text and credits “Commerzbank” (Archinect)

Questions

Where is Commerzbank Tower?

Commerzbank Tower is at Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is the headquarters of Commerzbank.

Who designed Commerzbank Tower?

Architect: Foster + Partners (Sir Norman Foster). Landscape: Sommerland & Partners. Source: Commerzbank press release, May 15, 2017 · Foster + Partners project text and credits “Commerzbank” (Archinect)

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