Brightly lit lobby of the Messeturm Frankfurt at dusk with a new façade of curved glass panes at the main entrance

curved glass inside and out

lobby of the messeturm frankfurt shines in new splendour

For the expansion and modernisation of the lobby of the MesseTurm Frankfurt, seele created a glass façade and an illuminated point-supported glass wall for the lobby interior.

 

17 m high curved glass panels

The tower gains additional usable space on all four sides through an exterior façade made of curved laminated glass. Stainless steel columns support the curved glass panels, which stand approximately 17 m tall. Steel-framed glass roofs cover these façades, with the roof beams fastened to the vertical steel columns where they meet.

Façade type
Steel-and-glass design
Client
MesseTurm PropCo S.a.r.l.
Contractor
OFFICEFIRST Real Estate GmbH
Engineer
Werner Sobek
Architect
Jahn Architecture Inc. / Matteo Thun & Partners
Awards

BREEAM Excellent Certification
LEED Silver Certification

Frog's-eye view of the new exterior façade of the Messeturm Frankfurt made of curved glass with the interior façade of curved, illuminated glass panes in the background
Interior view from the lobby of the Messeturm Frankfurt with a café onto the new, round glass façade made of curved glass
Detail of the red façade and the curved glass façade of the renovated Messeturm Frankfurt with a view into the lobby
Illuminated interior façade of the Messeturm Frankfurt made of curved glass, which is fixed with point fixings behind the reception of the Messeturm Frankfurt.

wall of curved glass and light

In the lobby, visitors are greeted by a circular light wall. seele made this possible by installing point-supported hot-bent glass panels with translucent interlayers and LED panels that illuminate the steel-and-glass façade from behind.
 

#madebyseele

Design, manufacturing and installation of 4 steel-and-glass façades consisting of laminated curved insulating glass and stainless steel supports — roofs over the 4 lobby façades — point-supported interior façade — 2 revolving doors — 8 double-leaf glass doors

1,800 sqm
steel glass façades
17.0 x 2.8 m
size of curved insulating glass panels
250 sqm
roofs over the lobby façades
1,100 sqm
light wall
further projects
Five-part building complex King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture with a homogeneous, rounded façade made of stainless steel tubes from seele using parametric design in the desert in Saudi Arabia behind cacti and palm trees

king abdulaziz center for world culture – ithra

dhahran, saudi arabia
STREAM Tower in Berlin with dynamic façade in front of the Mercedes Benz Arena at dusk

stream

berlin, germany