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	Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt
		The Commerzbank Tower, built in 1997, was the tallest building in Europe until december 2003, when the neo-stalinist Triumph Palace in Moscow overtook the Commerzbank tower as Europe's tallest by structural height.
		The Commerzbank Tower is shaped as a 60m wide rounded equilateral triangle with a central, triangular atrium.
		The Commerzbank Tower is located at the Kaiserplatz, not far from the Goethehaus in Frankfurt's historic Innenstadt.
	www.aviewoncities.com /frankfurt/commerzbanktower.htm (443 words)

	Commerzbank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commerzbank AG (DAX: CBK) is the second-largest bank in Germany (after Deutsche Bank) and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
		Commerzbank holds a nationwide network of branch offices throughout Germany and numerous branch offices all over the EU and Europe (namely Luxembourg, Poland, Spain and Switzerland) and with a leading market share in online banking.
		The Commerzbank Tower (designed by British architect Norman Foster) was Europe's first ecological skyscraper and from its completion in 1997 till 2004 also Europe's tallest skyscraper at a height of 301 meters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commerzbank (210 words)

	Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Only the plaza level of Commerzbank's tower is accessible to the public.
		Commerzbank Zentrale is officially an extension of the Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36 (old Commerzbank headquarters building) which borders the tower.
		In December 2003 the Triumph-Palace in Moscow overtook Commerzbank's tower as Europe's tallest high-rise building by structural height.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=109691 (213 words)

	Commerzbank Tower - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Commerzbank Tower is a skyscraper located in Frankfurt, Germany.
		After it was built in 1997, it ranked as the tallest construction in Europe until 2004, and now is only surpassed by Moscow's Triumph-Palace.
		Commerzbank Tower, See also, Skyscrapers in Germany, Frankfurt, Skyscrapers in Frankfurt and Skyscrapers by height.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Commerzbank_Tower (183 words)

	Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt, Germany (Foster and Partners) - Architecture of Germany - German Architecture Guides from ...
		One of the landmarks of the highrise centre of Frankfurt, the Commerzbank Tower is currently the tallest building in Europe.
		The striking exterior with its curving corner is topped by a mast which brings the building to nearly 300 metres tall.
		Unfortunately only the ground level plaza of the Commerzbank Tower is open to the public.
	germany.archiseek.com /hesse/frankfurt/commerzbank.html (137 words)

	Building of the Month - Commerzbank Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Since Commerzbank was making a clear effort to protect and preserve the natural environment through the original design proposals, the city granted permission for a greater plot size.
		Commerzbank was able to consolidate most of its offices on this plot, rather than buy more land in Frankfurt's expensive financial district.
		The Commerzbank Tower was the first skyscraper in Germany to utilize steel as a main construction material.
	www.ctbuh.org /htmlfiles/featured_buildings/bom_com.html (449 words)

	Foster and Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At fifty-three storeys, the Commerzbank is the world’s first ecological office tower and the tallest building in Europe.
		Every office in the tower is daylit and has openable windows, allowing occupants to control their own environment, and resulting in energy consumption levels equivalent to half those of conventional office towers.
		The tower has a distinctive presence on the Frankfurt skyline but is also anchored into the lower-scale city fabric, with restoration and sensitive rebuilding of the perimeter structures reinforcing the original scale of the block.
	www.fosterandpartners.com /internetsite/html/Project.asp?JobNo=0626 (364 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - #74 - Messeturm, Frankfurt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The "gate" which the tower forms at the street level, and the pyramid top which is occupied by the cooling towers, also add to the height.
		The tower is derived architecturally from the great American skyscrapers of the 1920's and 1930's rather than the modern ones which mostly fill the Frankfurt skyline.
		The corners of the pyramid are centered on the sides of the tower where the triangular bay windows rise from the apex of the gate to the top.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=2861 (1055 words)

	Foster’s "Towering Innuendo" is a Big, Eco-Friendly Hit
		At 40 stories, it would not be regarded a large tower in most of America’s downtowns, but in the lowrise, finely grained cityscape of London, its 500,000 square feet look gargantuan.
		In the Commerzbank tower (Frankfurt, Germany) he pioneered the use of skygardens, restful oases - for informal meetings, for sipping a coffee, or just thinking - hovering high above the city.
		As they vie for height, the towers announced to date compete on the basis of amenity, energy responsibility, and aesthetics (the designers’ names are all household ones: Piano, Grimshaw, Kohn Pederson Fox, Rogers, Wilkinson).
	www.jsrussellwriter.com /tower.html (1396 words)

	The Tallest Buildings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The CN Tower was built in 1976 by Canadian National (CN) who wanted to demonstrate the strength of Canadian industry by building a tower taller than any other in the world.
		Although the CN Tower inspires a sense of pride and inspiration for Canadians and a sense of awe for tourists, its origins are firmly rooted in practicality.
		The CN Tower is situated on Front Street which is located in the Heart of the Entertainment District.
	usaattacked.com /the_tallest_buildings.htm (344 words)

	Commerzbank Headquarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Commerzbank tower, the headquarters of one of Germany's major banks, radically reinvents the skyscraper.
		The conventional office tower has been cut open and turned inside out, so that the usual core of elevators, stairs and toilets is distributed to the corners of the triangular tower, leaving a hollow shaft around which spiral a series of sky gardens.
		It is responsive to its dual contexts of being both one of a cluster of towers and yet retains the street and cornice line of its setting.
	www.archleague.org /tenshadesofgreen/commerz.html (318 words)

	Architectural Review, The: Constructive urbanity: an attempt to generate a large urban building which relates to the ...
		Towers have remained the protruding gestures of power they always were.
		Under orthodox modernism, structure and flexibility seemed to demand identical floors, lifts were the compulsory means of access, the perimeter was kept as short as possible, and air and light were supplied mechanically and electrically.
		The main approach from north-east was defined by cutting away the two lower levels of the perimeter building in favour of a broad diagonal promenade leading to the main entrance.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1266_212/ai_90684520 (1376 words)

	Sir Norman Foster and Partners: Exploiting the ultimate flexibility of laminated glass
		German regulations required that the Commerzbank tower be clad with radar-attenuating materials, solved by burying tungsten wires in the PVB interlayer of clear laminated glass.
		German regulations regarding the need to control radar interference caused by high rise buildings in close proximity to airports meant we had to clad the Commerzbank tower with radar-attenuating materials, similar in effect to those which clad the stealth bomber.
		The central atria to the tower also used laminated glass in the glazed decks which divide the building into 12-story vertical compartments.
	www.dupont.com /safetyglass/lgn/stories/1105.html (1424 words)

	List of the world's tallest structures - Simple English Wikipedia
		Most of the tallest structures are TV masts, followed by a mix of the taller tower type structure (Like the CN Tower) and the taller high rises buildings(Like the Sears Tower).
		Scattered among these are other structures including oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc..
		Tower Zero, Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, Exmouth, Australia
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_the_world's_tallest_structures (148 words)

	London Report: Skyscrapers, Clustering 'Improve Sustainability' - Site Selection Online Insider
		A key element in the Commerzbank tower's environmental friendliness is its huge central atrium (pictured).
		That balance between efficiency and environmental impact, however, already exists, says the study, in what the authors call "bioclimatic skyscrapers." One bioclimatic skyscraper particularly "stands out," the study asserts: the Commerzbank tower in Frankfurt, Europe's tallest building, which was designed by Sir Norman Foster (www.fosterandpartners.com) and completed in 1997.
		In compliance with German building code, all employee workstations in the Commerzbank tower are located within 24.75 feet (7.5 meters) of a window.
	www.conway.com /ssinsider/snapshot/sf020429.htm (1143 words)

	Skyscrapers/Wolkenkratzer/Wolkenkrabbers/Grattes~ciel/Hochhauser/tall buildings Frankfurt am Main, Germany; page 1
		Commerzbank (109m/358f), Commerzbank Tower (259m/850f) and MAIN TOWER (200m/656f).
		MAIN TOWER is the only high-rise building in Frankfurt that is accessible to the public.
		The tower is topped by an upside down pyramid suspended from the three corners.
	www.skyscraperpicture.com /frankfurt.htm (875 words)

	GreenClips
		Yet despite the missed opportunity, the Commerzbank Tower is still a good piece of architecture.
		The wind in the tower turns turbines at ground level that generate energy to pump the water, with several megawatts of electricity left over.
		Dumping polluted water into the sea is sure to raise a few eyebrows — some critics see the towers as a scheme to sweep pollution under a different rug and instead emphasize preventing it.
	www.greenclips.com /97issues/85.htm (983 words)

	USGBC In The News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		tower includes photovoltaic panels, which generate voltage and current when exposed to sunlight, fuel cells, high-performance glass that minimizes energy consumption, numerous recycled materials and efficient gas-fired chillers.
		Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, Germany, has been widely heralded as a model for sustainable high-rise design by the design community.
		At more than 980 feet, the Commerzbank features operable facades - windows that open to enhance ventilation and reduce energy consumption by nearly 50% when compared with similar towers - extensive natural lighting and even winter gardens that provide true green work settings and informal gathering places.
	www.usgbc.org /News/usgbcinthenews_details.asp?ID=369 (1916 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - 2000.0913
		The young German artist Thomas Emde, whose medium is light and color, has just added a finishing touch to a major building by Norman Foster.
		The Commerzbank tower in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is said to be the world's first "ecological high-rise." With Emde's light installation, the special characteristics of the building are now as visible at night as they are during the day.
		The 53-story, 1000-foot (300-meter) tower, the highest office building in Europe, is triangular in plan.
	www.architectureweek.com /2000/0913 (269 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Moscow to join tallest tower club
		A Chinese construction firm has signed a deal to build an 87-storey tower in Moscow, which the developers say will be the tallest in Europe.
		The tower will soar to 340 metres (1,115 feet), attached to a stiletto-like central spire.
		Currently the tallest building in Europe is Frankfurt's 260-metre Commerzbank tower.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4714107.stm (252 words)

	CBS News \| Moscow's Post-9/11 Skyscraper \| July 14, 2005 06:30:43
		Its twin, sail-like towers - the tallest of which will be 340 meters (1115 feet) - are attached to a central 430-meter (1410-feet) stiletto-like spire and are ringed by pillars.
		Wednesday's event saw presentation of the major contractors in the Federation Tower project, for which construction costs are estimated to be $540 million.
		Federation Tower is emblematic of the construction boom that has transformed Moscow's skyline in recent years and filled the city's streets with the rumble of building work.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/07/14/terror/main708985.shtml (564 words)

	List of the world's tallest structures - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most of the tallest structures are television broadcasting masts, followed by a mix of the taller tower-type structure (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rises buildings(like the Sears Tower).
		Scattered among these are other structures including oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc. List is organized by absolute height since it includes many different classes of structures.
		Milad Tower, Tehran, Iran (under construction, height to be 435 m)
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_the_worlds_tallest_structures.htm (172 words)

	Wired New York Forum - Rate the new WTC plans
		The architects say their trio of towers, two of which again would be the world's tallest, 'symbolise triumph, standing there with big shoulders reaching arms into the air'.
		Basically what we have here is 3 towers (actually design to be decided) on the east side of the site and a group of lowerises on the west side with a park on the roofs.
		If only the were a couple of taller towers sprouting through the roof of the great room as a conterpoint to the transmission tower as well as a deck over west st. acting as a front porch park to the great room itself.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3476&pp=50 (7057 words)

	Commerzbank Tower discussion - Google Earth Hacks Forums
		Commerzbank Tower discussion - Google Earth Hacks Forums
		Here you can see the highest building in Germany.
		It's called Commerzbank Tower and is 258 meter high.
	www.googleearthhacks.com /forums/showthread.php?t=7733&goto=nextoldest (128 words)

	Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Frankfurt Millennium Tower, scheduled to start construction in 2001, when finished in 2005 will be Europe's tallest office building, at 365 meters.
		The Commerzbank building is quite different: it receives natural daylight and ventilation, has an atrium reaching from the ground to the top floor, and each office or department enjoys an unobstructed view to the outside.
		The Millennium Tower is supposed to follow in its footsteps.
	www.millenniumworld.org /Europe/germany.html (1273 words)

	From Here To Modernity Architects - Norman Foster
		Housing 3,500 workers, and soaring fifty storeys high, the Bank is specially designed to allow light to flood into its interior, and includes a landscaped space at its base which has become one of Hong Kong's most popular public spaces.
		In the 1990s, Foster built the highest building in Europe (the Commerzbank Building), the world's biggest airport (Chep Lap Kok in Hong Kong, which is visible from space) as well as the critically acclaimed Stansted Airport outside London), and rebuilt Berlin's Reichstag, legislature of Europe's biggest democracy.
		Foster's Modernism is not the bland modernism of the municipal council block, instead it is a grand, ambitious modernism, which seeks at every opportunity to harness technology to create ecologically sound, socially benign, and consistently spectacular architectural solutions to the problems of living, working, and travelling in a crowded world.
	www.open2.net /modernity/4_9.htm (519 words)

	Commerzbank - Commerzbank \| The bank that shrank \| Economist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The inquiry prompted the recent resignation of a top Commerzbank executive, Andreas de Maiziere A Commerzbank spokesman said the company is cooperating.
		Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial banking, retail banking and investment Its headquarters are in the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt am Main.
		commerzbank Two UK hedge funds are among a stream of alternative investors Commerzbank said Tosca and Lansdowne were among a number of hedge funds and
	yourweblist.com /ywl/commerzbank.html (173 words)

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