The Squaire, Office building at Frankfurt Airport, Germany
The Squaire is a 660-metre-long, 65-metre-wide office building nine storeys high, built over the long-distance station at Frankfurt Airport. Its curved, elongated facade is clad in silver-grey metal panels with horizontal bands of dark glass; the eastern end carries the Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn lettering. The lower section is a curved metal surface on thick angled pillars.
The long-distance station beneath it opened in 1999, its glass dome built to carry a future building. Construction of the office block, designed by JSK, began in November 2006; the foundation stone was laid on 1 March 2007. Defective Chinese steel forced 3,500 tonnes to be repaired or replaced, and costs reached about 1.25 billion euros. The name The Squaire replaced Airrail Center Frankfurt in June 2010, and tenants moved in during 2011.
The name Squaire, announced in June 2010, merges "square" and "air"; the earlier project name Airrail Center Frankfurt combined "air" and "rail". The eastern part holds the Hilton Garden Inn with 334 rooms and the Hilton with 249 rooms, both opened on 20 December 2011. KPMG rented around 40,000 square metres in the western part and moved in on 30 May 2011, directing its Europe and Saudi Arabia business from there with 2,150 staff.
A pedestrian corridor over the Bundesautobahn 3 links the building to Terminal 1 and the regional station. The Squaire Parking, west of the building, holds 2,500 cars and is reached from level 6 by the 300-metre Skylink bridge, on which two driverless Squaire Metro cabins shuttle.
The Squaire's own postal code is 60600, a dedicated large-recipient code, while its house delivery code 60549 is shared with the airport grounds and Gateway Gardens. The name, announced in June 2010, is a portmanteau of "square" and "air"; the earlier project name Airrail combined "air" and "rail".
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