Hochhaus Uptown München () is a

skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...

in the Moosach district of

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. The 38-storey tower is the tallest skyscraper in the city. The building's glass facade wraps the structure of the building like a tensioned membrane. Circular ventilation elements in the form of individually opening windows enable natural ventilation and provide a reference to the outside world by making the background noise noticeable even on the upper floors. The tower with is flanked by four seven-storey buildings (approximately each) joined together by a campus that has a transparent roof. A fifth building houses 139 apartments.

Construction

The Uptown München is a city block near the Olympiastadion but was conceived as a public transport connected self-contained town within the city of Munich. Within the agenda of sustainable urbanism the architects had to integrate the nearby Georg-Brauchle-Ring underground train station within the basement of the 38-floor tower. The signature tower was supplemented by four atrium buildings and a campus surrounded by landscaped public space. Uptown Munich was probably one of the main triggers for the efforts of the initiative "Our Munich" initiated by ex-mayor Georg Kronawitter, which culminated in a citizens' vote on November 21, 2004 preventing the construction of other buildings of this height in Munich. It was planned by the architects Ingenhoven, Overdiek (

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

) and built from 2001 to 2004. The cuboid structure has been much disputed. In November 2004, a

referendum A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...

in Munich was held to decide whether the construction of high-rise buildings in the inner city should be prohibited. In August 2006, the skyscraper and one of the campus buildings was bought by the Government of Singapore for more than

€ The euro sign () is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists of a stylized letter E (or epsilon), crossed by t ...

300 million. In 2017 the building was sold to Europa Capital and Bayern Projekt.''Munich: Telefonica-Zentrale sold'', on www.immobilienmanager.de
/ref>

Tenants

Telefónica Europe (O₂) is the building's anchor tenant.

Gallery

Uptown Hochhaus München Himmel.JPG Uptown Munich Building.jpg Uptown München, Múnich, Alemania 2012-04-28, DD 02.JPG Uptown München, Múnich, Alemania 2012-04-28, DD 01.JPG

References

External links

Uptown München official website

Uptown Munich on the architect's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hochhaus Uptown Munchen Uptown Skyscraper office buildings in Germany Office buildings completed in 2004