Skyper

Skyper is a building complex in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany. The tallest of the three buildings is a 38-story, 154 m (505 ft) skyscraper. Its quarter-circular silhouette is a distinctive part of the Frankfurt cityscape.

Skyper
General information
Type	Commercial offices Residential
Location	Taunusanlage 1 Frankfurt Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°06′36″N 8°40′09″E
Construction started	2002
Completed	2005
Cost	€480 million
Height
Roof	153.8 m (505 ft) 20 m (66 ft) Skyper Carré
Technical details
Floor count	38 6 Skyper Carré
Floor area	45,880 m2 (493,800 sq ft) (41,000 m2 (440,000 sq ft) rentable)
Lifts/elevators	17
Design and construction
Architect(s)	JSK
Engineer	König, Heunisch und Partner (KHP) Remmel+Sattler Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (RSP)
Main contractor	Müller-Altvatter Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG
References
[1][2][3][4]

Completed in 2004, the tower is linked by a 9 m (30 ft) glass atrium to a neo-classical villa dating from 1915. The villa is listed as a building of historical importance and once belonged, along with the site as a whole, to the Philipp Holzmann construction group, which used the property as its corporate head office. A residential and commercial building with 52 one- to three-room apartments and ground-floor retail space completes the ensemble.

The plans for the €480 million project originated from Frankfurt architects JSK, who were commissioned by Holzmann AG. With building approval granted, the architects subsequently realised their plans on behalf of general contractors ABG and the new owner, DekaBank, which had purchased the building for an open real estate fund of its real estate subsidiary, Deka Immobilien. Following completion in 2005, DekaBank moved into offices on the lower floors as the main tenant. The higher floors of the building are occupied by well-known names such as HSBC and Houlihan Lokey.

Skyper has been owned since 2006 by an investment company belonging to the Swiss banking group UBS.

Skyscrapers in Frankfurt

360m
392yds

31

30

29

28

27

26

25

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

   

• view
• talk
• edit

Tallest skyscrapers in Frankfurt am Main

1

Commerzbank Tower

2

Messeturm

3

Westendstraße 1

4

Main Tower

5

Tower 185

6

ONE

7

Omniturm

8

Trianon

9

Seat of the European Central Bank

10

Grand Tower

11

Opernturm

12

Taunusturm

13

Silberturm

14

Westend Gate

15

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

16

Marienturm

17

Skyper

18

Eurotower

19

One Forty West

20

The Spin

21

Four

22

Frankfurter Büro Center

23

City-Haus

24

Gallileo

25

Garden Tower

26

Japan Center

27

WinX

28

Global Tower

29

Senckenberg Turm

30

MainTor

31

Eden Frankfurt

Skyper as seen from the south west

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
• List of tallest buildings in Germany
• List of tallest buildings in Europe