Silberturm

Silberturm (Silver Tower), formerly known as Dresdner-Bank-Hochhaus and Jürgen-Ponto-Hochhaus, is a 32-storey, 166.3 m (546 ft) futurist skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany.

The square is named after Jürgen Ponto, the former CEO of Dresdner Bank who was murdered in 1977 by members of the Red Army Faction (RAF).

After the takeover of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank in early 2009, the new owner planned to sell the Silberturm because the office space was no longer needed.

In plan view, the tower consists of two large, rounded squares which are arranged with a longitudinal offset of several meters.

In the resulting niches on each side, two elongated rounded rectangles are located, housing the lifts and emergency staircases.

The goal of this restoration is to modernise the office space and reduced the carbon emissions and energy consumption by one-third.