Skyper, Skyscraper in Bahnhofsviertel district, Frankfurt, Germany
Skyper is a three-part ensemble at the corner of Taunusanlage and Taunusstraße in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel: a 153.8 m tower with 39 storeys, a 1915 neoclassical villa, and a residential and commercial building with 52 one- to three-room flats and ground-floor shops. The tower stands on a quarter-circular plot, its pale blue-green glass curtain wall gridded with closely spaced horizontal panels, and a 9 m glass hall joins it to the listed villa.
Construction started in 2002 with renovation of the 1915 neoclassical villa and its connection to the new tower. This project marked a shift in how Frankfurt integrates historical buildings with contemporary structures within its urban landscape.
The name Skyper comes from the project name used during development. The 1915 villa, once the head office of the Philipp Holzmann construction group, is a protected monument and is joined to the tower by a nine-metre-high glass hall. The complex also holds 52 one- to three-room apartments above a ground-floor row of shops.
The complex sits at the corner of Taunusanlage and Taunusstraße in the Bahnhofsviertel, a short walk from Frankfurt's main railway station. The tower's quarter-circular footprint makes it easy to recognise from the street. Since June 2023 the ten lifts have public WLAN, which also works down to the underground car parks.
Since June 2023 the Skyper's ten lifts have carried public WLAN, fed by fibre-optic links to the low- and high-rise lift groups, so passengers can make calls on the way up and even down in the underground car park. The operator describes the coverage as the only one of its kind in Frankfurt.
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