Trianon is a 45-
story
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* Story (American English), or storey (British ...
,
skyscraper
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in the
Westend-Süd district of
Frankfurt
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,
Germany
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, completed in 1993. It is the headquarters for
DekaBank
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale is the central provider of asset management and capital market solutions of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe. It is registered in both Frankfurt and Berlin, with main operational headquarters in Frankfurt. It traces its ...
; other tenants are
Deutsche Bundesbank
The Deutsche Bundesbank (), literally "German Federal Bank", is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Due to its strength and former size, the Bundesbank is the most ...
and
Franklin Templeton
Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is ...
. Atop the building is an inverted pyramid suspended from the three corners.
The Trianon's layout is roughly the shape of an
equilateral triangle
In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have the same length. In the familiar Euclidean geometry, an equilateral triangle is also equiangular; that is, all three internal angles are also congruent to each othe ...
, the corners of which are formed by three-sided towers. The end is an inverted three-sided
pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilat ...
on the roof. It is the first structure in Germany to use
high-strength concrete.
Ownership
In 2007, DekaBank sold the building to the
Morgan Stanley European Office Fund (MSEOF). A 57% interest in the building was later transferred to the real estate investment fund Morgan Stanley P2 Value.
In June 2015, Morgan Stanley and Madison Real Estate sold the building to the US investor NorthStar Reality Europe for the equivalent of . In November 2018 NorthStar Reality Europe sold Trianon to the
South Korean financial consortium
IGIS Asset Management
IGIS Asset Management (also IGIS; short for Integrated Global Investment Solution) is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. In 2022, IREI ranked IGIS as the second largest real estate manager in Asia based on assets ...
and
Hana Financial Investment for .
Gallery
File:Trianon Frankfurt.jpg, Trianon as seen from Main Tower
Main Tower is a 56-storey, skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is when its antenna spire is included.
The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing ...
File:Trianon DEKA bottom.JPG, View from the base
Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Frankfurt
The tallest structure in Frankfurt is the Europaturm, which rises however, the observation tower is not generally considered a high-rise building as it does not have successive floors that can be occupied. The tallest habitable building in Fra ...
*
List of tallest buildings in Germany
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Germany that stand at least tall. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. For those, ...
*
List of tallest buildings in the European Union
This list ranks the tallest buildings in the European Union that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectural details are included in the official height, but not Radio masts and towe ...
*
List of tallest buildings in Europe
This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding 190 meters. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, Paris, London and Moscow contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction ...
References
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External links
Trianon in SKYLINE ATLAS
Office buildings completed in 1993
Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
Bankenviertel
Skyscraper office buildings in Germany