Gallileo is a 38-storey skyscraper in the
Bahnhofsviertel district of
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
, Germany. It was built from 1999 to 2003.
The towers architecture is made up of two towers linked by a connecting central core. The north tower is with 38 storeys, and the south tower is . The core is the building's full height. Together with its floor space, it is the 14th tallest building in the city. Its name is an intentional misspelling of the scientist
Galileo's name; the extra l comes from the building's other namesake, the nearby park Gallusanlage. Along with the nearby
Silberturm, it served as the corporate headquarters of
Dresdner Bank since 2008. A year later, after the takeover of Dresdner Bank by
Commerzbank, the new owner planned to use only the Gallileo.
Gallileo has a glass facade with 400 individual windows forming an approximately large transparent outer skin. In the glass floors were the American artist James Turrell, integrated lighting, which make the building at night from the inside out glowing. These are not architecturally visible. The undersides of the floor slabs serve as reflective surfaces.
Shops, a bar, and the
English Theatre Frankfurt are located on the ground floor.
See also
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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 Fr ...
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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, ...
References
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Commercial buildings completed in 2003
Skyscrapers in Frankfurt
Bankenviertel
Skyscraper office buildings in Germany
Commerzbank
Dresdner Bank