Gehry-Tower

Gehry Tower

The Gehry Tower (English tower - tower) is a nine-storey building designed by architect Frank Gehry in Hannover in Germany. The building is located in close proximity to the red light district at the stone gate.

The building was commissioned by the Gehry Tower object mbH, a subsidiary of Hanover Üstra Transport Company in order, had already designed a bus stop in Hanover for Gehry.

Executive architect was the Archimedes planning mbH from Bad Oeynhausen. Contractor was the Philipp Holzmann AG Hannover. Gehry himself was represented by designer Eve Sobesky who supervised several projects in Europe.

Between planning and the first demolition work in autumn 1999 took four years. Half a year later, in March 2000, construction began on. Costs were (approx. 4.3 million euros ) in DM 8.5 million. The building was officially opened on 28 June 2001. The total area is about 2100 square meters.

Interesting on Gehry Tower its external shape, which is achieved by rotation of the structure about the central axis, whereby the eaves protruding over the ground floor up to 2.50 m. The exterior is made of specially revised stainless steel panels that will give the building a " roughened " impression.

Tenants of the building include the X-City Marketing Hannover GmbH, the Public Broadcast radio mbH ( The passenger television) and the Protec GmbH, who are also daughters of Üstra.