Westhafen Tower, Commercial skyscraper in Gutleutviertel, Germany
Westhafen Tower is a 30-story office building with a distinctive cylindrical exterior encasing square interior floors and housing 18 conservatories within its structure. Its facade comprises over 3500 triangular glass panes arranged in a rhomboid pattern across the entire surface.
The tower was completed in 2004 at the site of the former West Port, representing a major commercial development for Frankfurt. It emerged during a period of significant office construction throughout the city.
The facade's 3,556 triangular panes give the tower its nickname "Geripptes" ("the Ribbed"), after the ribbed surface of a typical Frankfurt cider glass. The pattern also inspired the petrol-coloured design of Eintracht Frankfurt's 2013/14 away kit, also called "Geripptes".
The tower stands in the Gutleutviertel, on the site of the former West Port basin, where offices and apartments have been built since 2000. The 30 upper floors each offer about 820 square metres of rental space. Heating comes from convectors recessed beneath the windows, while cooling runs through a cooling ceiling; part of the triangular glass segments opens automatically at the lower corner for ventilation.
The facade's 3,556 triangular panes echo the ribbed surface of a Frankfurt cider glass, earning the tower the nickname "Geripptes". From 2004 to 2014 an animated version appeared in the opening credits of ProSieben's Newstime, with a logo fixed to the glass. In 2013/14 Eintracht Frankfurt used an away shirt in the same petrol colour and pattern, also called "Geripptes".
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