AfE-Turm

AfE-Turm
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General information
StatusDemolished
TypeUniversity
Architectural styleBrutalist
LocationRobert-Mayer-Straße 5–7
Senckenberganlage 13-17
Frankfurt
Hesse, Germany
Coordinates50°06′58″N 8°39′03″E / 50.1161°N 8.65083°E / 50.1161; 8.65083
Construction started1970
Completed1972
Demolished2 February 2014
OwnerJohann Wolfgang Goethe University
Height
Roof116 m (381 ft)
Technical details
Floor count38
Design and construction
Architect(s)Staatliches Universitätsbauamt
Staatliche Neubauleitung Frankfurt
EngineerBGS Ingenieursozietät
Main contractorPhilipp Holzmann AG
References
[1][2][3][4]
Demolition video

AfE-Turm ('AfE Tower') was a 38-storey (30 floors on its south side and 22 floors on its north side), 116 m (381 ft) skyscraper in the Westend district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the tallest building in Frankfurt from 1972-1974.

The building was part of the Bockenheim campus of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and until 2013 housed the offices and seminar rooms of the departments of Social Sciences and Education. AfE is an acronym for Abteilung für Erziehungswissenschaft (Department of Pedagogy); however, this department never moved in because it was closed before the construction of the tower was finished, which happened in 1972. The tower was demolished on 2 February 2014.

  1. ^ "AfE-Turm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
  2. ^ "Emporis building ID 109689". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "AfE-Turm". SkyscraperPage.
  4. ^ AfE-Turm at Structurae