- Neuer Zollhof
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view of Media Harbor with Rheinturm telecommunications tower (center left) and the three Neuer Zollhof buildings (center right)
close up of two of the three buildingsNeuer Zollhof or Der Neue Zollhof (The New Zollhof), located at Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, is a prominent landmark of Media Harbor, part of the redeveloped port of Düsseldorf, Germany.
The building complex consisting of three separate buildings, was designed by American architect Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1998. Floorplans and facades of all three buildings curve and lean, reason for them being likened to leaning towers. The tallest building is 14 stories high and just under 50 m tall. Each building has a different facade cladding - the outer two in white plaster and red brick respectively; the central building's stainless steel facade reflects material and shapes of its two neighbour buildings.
The buildings have a total gross floor area of 29.000 square metres. A previous architectural design competition for the site was won by British architect Zaha Hadid during the early 1990s, however never commissioned.
See also
- List of Frank Gehry buildings
References
- Roland Kranz, Jürgen Wiener: Architekturführer Düsseldorf, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 2001
External links
- City of Düsseldorf on Neuer Zollhof (English)
- Neuer Zollhof at Structurae
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf
- Frank Gehry buildings
- Landmarks in Germany
- Buildings and structures completed in 1998
- Inclined towers
- Visitor attractions in Düsseldorf
- North Rhine-Westphalia building and structure stubs
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