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Above: Stadttor (84m/276f, 20 stories, 1998).
The building was constructed on top of a tunnel, which connects the city centre with the outskirts of the city.
The (design of the) building has won numerous awards since its completion in 1998.
The building was designed by Overdiek, Petzinka and Partner.


Above: Stadtsparkasse (80m/262f, 19 stories, 2001).
The third picture shows Stadtsparkasse together with Landeszentralbank, both seen from Rheinturm.
Below: Landeszentralbank (74m/242f, 20 stories, 1987).


Above left: Pressehaus Rheinische Post (68m/223f, 14 stories, 1991).
This building can be found outside of Düsseldorf in one of its suburbs.
Above middle and right: Media Tower (67m/220f, 19 stories, 2005).


Above: DOCK (63m/208f, 16 stories, 2002).
DOCK stands for Düsseldorf Office Center Kaistrasse.
Designed by architect Jo Coenen from Maastricht, Netherlands.


Above: the residential Portobello-Haus (62m/205f, 20 stories, 2003).


Above: Colorium (62m/203f, 18 stories, 2001).




Above: Rheinturm (241m/789f, 1982), Düsseldorf's tallest structure.
The tower has an observation deck at the 162m/532f level.
It gives great views over the city, the Rhein area and towards surrounding cities.
Price to go up is 3,30 euro.
Two stories up is a revolving restaurant - called Top 180 - which rotates ones every hour.
Until October 2004, the tower was 234m/768f tall.
In that month the tower received a taller antenna on top, which made the Rheinturm 6,3m (21f) taller.
At night, the tower is brightly illuminated and has a decimal clock at the side of the concrete shaft;
the largest of its kind in the world.


Above: Zollhof Gebäude C, B and A. No skyscrapers, but greatly looking and designed (by Frank O. Gehry)
buildings all the same. They are part of Der Neue Zollhof and are in use as offices.
Gebäude C (white) has 13 stories, Gebäude A (brown) has 11 stories,
and Gebäude B (silver) has 7 stories. They were all three completed in 1998.
For more pictures of the individual buildings, see below:








Above left: Zollhof C seen at night.
The Zollhof buildings, DOCK, Colorium, Media Tower, Portobello-Haus, Stadttor, and Rheinturm
are all part of the new Media Harbour area (MedienHafen) in Düsseldorf,
in which parts of the old harbour have been transformed into a modern office- and residential area,
using art, creativity and communication, as leading motives.
The next few pictures show some more MedienHafen buildings and structures.
Above middle left: reflections in the windows of PEC (Port Event Center, 2002).
Above middle right: another low-rise building, but because of the 'creatures' (Flossis) on the building,
a very remarkable one all the same: Roggendorf Haus (reconstruction: 2001),
with on the left next to it Speditionstrasse 15,
a new building connected to the old Roggendorf storage building.
Above right: a small part of the Media Harbour seen from Rheinturm,
with The Bridge in front, a new bridge which was constructed in 2005 for pedestrians and cyclists.
The bridge is 150m/498f long and is 11,6m/38f wide.




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Düsseldorf's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. ARAG TOWER 125m/410f, 31 stories, 2000
2. LVA HAUPTGEBÄUDE 123m/404f, 29 stories, 1976
3. VICTORIA-HAUS 108m/354f, 29 stories, 1998
4. THYSSENHAUS 95m/311f, 26 stories, 1960
5. GAP 15 90m/295f, 24 stories, 2005
6. VODAFONE-HOCHHAUS 89m/290f, 25 stories, 1955
7. STADTTOR 84m/276f, 20 stories, 1998
8. STADTSPARKASSE 80m/262f, 19 stories, 2001
9. LANDESZENTRALBANK 74m/242f, 26 stories, 1987
10. PRESSEHAUS RHEINISCHE POST 68m/223f, 14 stories, 1991

The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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