Office Rolandsbrücke

The building gives the long-neglected historical center of Hamburg a striking new façade. The office building is located on historic ground: in-between the building of the Patriotic Society and the Commerz Bank, where the Renaissance City Hall, the Stock Exchange and the Hotel Kaiserhof used to be. In addition, there was the former Lloyd-yard, on whose grounds the new building was created. The entire ensemble disappeared in the fire of 1842. The structure is strikingly visible in the axis of the Domstrasse and is also on the east-west street clearly perceptible. The architect had the complex task -in the diversity of the heterogeneous orientation of surrounding buildings– to adopts itself to the different scales of the surroundings. The choice of material is restrained: metal and glass. The façade creates depth in a masterly manner, and distinguishes itself from many recent glass buildings.