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Messeturm: Exterior · Frankfurt : Messeturm
1/7 · Exterior · Frankfurt : MesseturmPhoto: Dr. Thomas Liptak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Messeturm: Exterior · Trade Fair Tower, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
2/7 · Exterior · Trade Fair Tower, Frankfurt, Hesse, GermanyPhoto: Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Messeturm: Exterior · Frankfurt exhibition center during the Frankfurt Motor Show 2007 with the Messeturm (257m) in the back
3/7 · Exterior · Frankfurt exhibition center during the Frankfurt Motor Show 2007 with the Messeturm (257m) in the backPhoto: Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Messeturm: Interior
4/7 · InteriorPhoto: Paul Colin Hennig firstdorsal.eu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Messeturm: Interior · Messegelände Frankfurt während der Buchmesse 2017
5/7 · Interior · Messegelände Frankfurt während der Buchmesse 2017Photo: Immanuel Giel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Messeturm: Detail · A detail view of the top part of Messeturm, Frankfurt am Main
6/7 · Detail · A detail view of the top part of Messeturm, Frankfurt am MainPhoto: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Messeturm: Context
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Photo 1: Exterior · Frankfurt : MesseturmPhoto 2: Exterior · Trade Fair Tower, Frankfurt, Hesse, GermanyPhoto 3: Exterior · Frankfurt exhibition center during the Frankfurt Motor Show 2007 with the Messeturm (257m) in the backPhoto 4: InteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Messegelände Frankfurt während der Buchmesse 2017Photo 6: Detail · A detail view of the top part of Messeturm, Frankfurt am MainPhoto 7: Context

Office & tower · Postmodernism

Messeturm

Helmut Jahn · Frankfurt, Germany · 1991

Key featuresA pencil-like tower of red granite and glass, shifting from square shaft to cylinder to pyramid cap.

Architect
Helmut Jahn
Place
Frankfurt, Germany
Year
1991
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Europe
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