Hochhaus Riesstraße 82, Residential high-rise in Moosach, Munich, Germany.
Hochhaus Riesstraße 82 is an 83-meter residential tower with 22 floors of concrete and steel construction in Moosach. The structure displays clean lines and functional design typical of 1970s modernist architecture.
The tower was built in 1972 initially as accommodation for international journalists covering the Munich Olympic Games. It later transitioned to permanent residential use.
Built for the 1972 Summer Olympics, the tower housed international journalists in the Olympia-Pressestadt press quarter during the Games. After the event it was converted to residential use, so the building records how a temporary press village became a permanent neighbourhood in Moosach.
The tower stands on the former railway cutting of the Bahnhof München Olympiastadion line, west of the Olympiapark in Moosach. The Olympiazentrum U-Bahn and bus stops are the nearest public transport; the building itself is a private residence, so visits are limited to the exterior.
The tower occupies the site of the former railway cutting that led to the Bahnhof München Olympiastadion, the station built for the 1972 Games. Its 22 storeys and 83 metres place it among Munich's tallest buildings, and it is listed as an architectural heritage monument in Bavaria.
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