Commerzbank Tower

COUNTRY

City

YEAR

FEET

METERS

GERMANY

FRANKFURT

1997

850

259

Commerzbank Tower is a 56-story, 259 m (850 ft) skyscraper owned by Samsung of Korea since September 2016 in the banking district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the tallest building in Frankfurt and the tallest building in Germany.

Commerzbank Tower was designed by Foster & Partners. Construction of the building began in 1994 and took three years to complete. The building provides 121,000 m2 (1,300,000 sq ft) of office space for the Commerzbank headquarters, including winter gardens and natural lighting and air circulation. The building is lighted at night with a yellow lighting scheme that was designed by Thomas Ende who was allowed to display this sequence as a result of a competition.