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Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: link=no, Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral () was the world's tallest building 1880–1890 and is today the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world. It was constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings and is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The citys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranhaus
Kranhaus ("crane house", plural ''Kranhäuser'') refers to each one of the three 17-story buildings in the Rheinauhafen of Cologne, Germany. Their shape, an upside-down "L", is reminiscent of the Crane (machine)#Harbour usage, harbor cranes that were used to load cargo from and onto ships, two of which were left standing as monuments when the harbor was redesigned as a residential and commercial quarter in the early 2000s. Each building is about high, long, and wide. They were designed by Aachen architect Alfons Linster and Hamburg-based Hadi Teherani of ''BRT Architekten''. Construction began on 16 October 2006, and the first building was completed in 2008. The southern and middle buildings provide approx. of office space each, on 15 levels. The northern one harbors 133 luxury apartments totalling about on 18 levels. Award The middle building, ''Kranhaus eins'', was given the MIPIM#MIPIM Awards, MIPIM Award 2009 in the Business Centre category at the MIPIM in Cannes on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
