Büro Center Nibelungenplatz
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The Büro Center Nibelungenplatz (also known as BCN, formerly Shell Tower) is a skyscraper in Frankfurt. The 1966-constructed building was one of the first completed building on 50 meter-high towers in Frankfurt, and to this day with 110 meters the tallest building in the suburb of Northrend.
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, which was a 100-meter. In the cellar - the fear of nuclear war at that time according to established - for an emergency fallout shelter, which is used as a garage.
Location
The skyscraper is located at Nibelungenplatz, an important and busy junction between the districts of Northrend, West and East Northrend. There, take the Nibelungen and Rothschild Avenue (Avenue Square, B8) at the Friedberger Landstraße (B3) and the neighborhood streets Nordendstraße and Hallgarten road.Construction
The tower was designed by Novotny Mähner AssoziierteNovotny Mähner Assoziierte
Novotny Mähner Assoziierte is an architect company based in Offenbach am Main. It was founded by Fritz Novotny and Arthur Mähner...
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, which was a 100-meter. In the cellar - the fear of nuclear war at that time according to established - for an emergency fallout shelter, which is used as a garage.
Reconstruction
The original plain the international style of the following facade hung aluminum plates no longer exists. In 1993 the tower was renovated, while it was covered in the current post-modern glass and equipped with a panoramic lift.Miscellaneous
- The office tower is a permanent place at the Nibelungen location for the ZDF television series A case for two, because the lawyer has his fictional law firm in that building. The episodes always shown in the panoramic view over Frankfurt's skyline is a distinctive feature of the series.
- The skyscraper is also headquarters of the General Consulate of the Kingdom of Spain. Other tenants include the University of Frankfurt, Merz Pharma, M. Page, Financial Times Germany (Gruner & Jahr), Financial Times Europe, SCF, mediomind, as well as a copy shop, REWEREWEREWE is a supermarket chain in Germany and part of the Cologne-based REWE Group. REWE have more than 15,000 stores and 211,000 employees world wide.Their catchphrase is "Jeden Tag ein bisschen besser."...
and Subway.