Stadttor () is a 20-

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in the Unterbilk neighborhood of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, Germany. The building was designed by Düsseldorf-based architecture firm

Petzinka Pink und Partner Karl-Heinz Petzinka (born 7 January 1956) is a German architect, and Rector of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He is known for office buildings in Düsseldorf and Berlin. He converted historic industrial buildings, and was responsible for the sect ...

and completed in 1998. It marks the Southern entrance of

Rheinufertunnel The Rheinufer Tunnel (german: Rheinufertunnel or "Rhine Bank Tunnel") is a road tunnel in Düsseldorf, Germany. The tunnel is part of the Bundesstraße 1, B1 German federal road. At long, it is the sixth longest inner city tunnel in Europe. The ...

, which is also the reason for its

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-shaped floor plan. The building features a 15-story

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and a double-facade, allowing natural ventilation even on higher elevation floors. The total gross floor area is some .Stadttor
duesseldorf.de From 1999 until 2017, the Stadttor was the seat of the state-chancellery of the

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Office buildings completed in 1998 High-tech architecture Skyscrapers in Düsseldorf Skyscraper office buildings in Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub

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