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Skyper High-Rise Building
Taunusanlage 1, Frankfurt
2002 - 2004
Among the mirror glass skyscrapers of the Frankfurt skyline, the Skyper high-rise buiding stands out because of its special shape. The play of reflections and shadow effects on the curved surfaces of the building, changing with the position of the sun, sets the building complex on the former site of the Philipp Holzmann AG to their best advantage in scene. The 39-storey skyscraper was built on a ground plan in the form of a ring segment. Structurally it is a reinforced concrete construction with glass curtain wall. The Skyper is still one of the tallest buildings in Frankfurt am Main. Along the Taunusstrasse are lined up three buildings, creating the so-called Skyper Carré. This consists of a six-story building volume assuming the eaves height of the neighbouring buildings, the 150 m tall skyscraper and finally the listed neoclassical Villa Holzmann, which was built from 1913 to 1915 as the headquarters of the construction company by the architects Oswald and Rückgauer.