IBC Tower, Office skyscraper in Bockenheim, Frankfurt, Germany
The IBC Tower is the 112-metre, 30-storey high-rise of the three-part IBC complex on Theodor-Heuss-Allee in Bockenheim, next to the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds. Its sheer sides are clad in light brown stone, divided by a dense grid of rectangular windows set between narrow stone piers, with a band of larger glazing near the base. White lowercase letters reading "ibc" sit near the top of one face. It was designed by Köhler Architekten for Deutsche Bank and completed in 2003.
Deutsche Bank built the complex, designed by Köhler Architekten, and completed it in 2003 at Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70–74 in Bockenheim. The plan to house its Frankfurt traders there as an Investment Banking Center was never carried out; the bank sold the whole complex to the Blackstone Group and rented only part B. In 2006 it also leased the 30-storey Tower C as temporary offices during renovation of its headquarters, completed in 2011. GEG German Estate Group took over the complex in 2016.
The complex's name has shifted over time: built as the Investment Banking Center, it was later called Individual Business Center and Individual Business Concepts before the operator adopted International Business Campus in 2016. The entrance held Olaf Metzel's aluminium and acrylic sculpture Cash Flow, measuring 765 × 500 cm, from 2005 to 2024.
The complex sits at Theodor-Heuss-Allee 70–74 in Bockenheim, beside the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds and elevated rail tracks. The entrance area is where the 765 × 500 cm aluminium and acrylic sculpture Cash Flow by Olaf Metzel hung from 2005 to 2024. The three parts are named ibc-Corner (A), ibc-Forum (B) and ibc-Tower (C).
The name IBC has shifted meaning over time: the complex was built as the Investment Banking Center, later called Individual Business Center or Individual Business Concepts, and since 2016 the operator uses International Business Campus. The white lowercase "ibc" letters near the top of the tower still mark the original abbreviation.
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