Highlight Towers, office tower complex in Schwabing-Freimann, Munich, Germany
The Highlight Towers consist of two glass and steel office buildings in Schwabing-Freimann, with the taller tower reaching 126 meters high. The structures are linked by pedestrian bridges and accommodate hundreds of workers across multiple floors designed for commercial use.
The towers were completed in 2004, and after their construction Munich enacted a building regulation restricting structures above 100 meters tall. This regulation sought to protect the city's character and positioned these towers as among the last of such height permitted in the city.
The towers form part of Munich's skyline alignment with Odeonsplatz and other landmarks, creating a visual connection to the city's historic axis. Their reflective glass surfaces mirror the surrounding urban environment and mark how the city has chosen to grow while maintaining ties to its traditional geography.
The towers sit on major city thoroughfares and are visible from great distances, making them easy to locate. Pedestrians can use the connecting bridges to move between the buildings, providing straightforward access through the complex.
The towers stand 15 metres offset from each other, 20 metres apart, and are shaped as slender parallelograms 13.5 metres wide and 80 metres long. Their north-south alignment was chosen so that views of the Alps from Parkstadt Schwabing flats stay open. Four lifts in Tower 1 and two in Tower 2 run as panorama lifts outside the glass slabs.
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