City Gate (Frankfurt)

City Gate, formerly Büro Center Nibelungenplatz (known as BCN) and Shell Tower, is a 27-storey, 110 m (360 ft) skyscraper in the Nordend-West district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building was constructed in 1966. It was one of Frankfurt's first buildings to reach over 50 m (160 ft), and it remains the tallest building in the Nordend district. It is located at Nibelungenplatz, a busy junction in the Nordend.

Büro Center Nibelungenplatz
Former namesShell Tower
General information
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural styleModernism
LocationNibelungenplatz 3
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
Coordinates50.1286°N 8.69167°E / 50.1286; 8.69167
Construction started1964
Completed1966
Height
Roof110 m (360 ft)
Technical details
Floor count27
Floor area32,000 m2 (340,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Fritz Meinel
Günther Rheingaus
Novotny Mähner Assoziierte
References
[1][2][3][4]

History

Construction

Büro Center Nibelungenplatz was designed by Novotny Mähner Assoziierte and part of the entire northern Alleenring comprehensive development plan, which provided for conversion to freeway and spot high-rises at all major intersections. The plan was however not followed up at another building at the intersection with the highway Eschersheimer further. The skyscraper at Nibelungenplatz was built from 1964 to 1966 for the oil companies Shell and was then the first skyscraper in Frankfurt to reach 100 m (330 ft). In the cellar a fallout shelter was included, later used as a garage.

Reconstruction

The original facade followed the international style, made up of suspended aluminum plates, no longer exists. In 1993 the tower was renovated by Novotny Mähner Assoziierte, by cladding it in glass and equipping it with a panoramic lift.

Tenants

The tower is headquarters of the General Consulate of the Kingdom of Spain. Other tenants include the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Merz Pharma, M. Page, Financial Times Europe, SCF, mediomind, REWE and a Subway restaurant.

City Gate was until 2013 a permanent shooting location for the ZDF television series Ein Fall für zwei (A Case for Two), because the lawyer's fictional law firm was sited in that building.

See also

References
  1. "City Gate". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. "Emporis building ID 109788". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  3. "City Gate". SkyscraperPage.
  4. City Gate at Structurae
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