The Spin

Hotel- and office highriseFrankfurt am Main, Germany

THE SPIN is a hybrid high-rise that combines different uses. Lobbies, event and conference rooms, a wellness area and restaurant are located in the projecting base storeys. Eighteen similarly structured storeys with 4-star hotel rooms are located above. The top third of the building consists of ten office floors, whose cantilevered storeys create 11,800 square meters of office space - including small and large roof terraces. With its interplay of strict and staggered layers, THE SPIN becomes a metaphor for the vertical city. The building, whose base zone is characterized above all by a direct dialogue with the urban space, is itself a tower visible from afar and a powerful source of inspiration. Its soffits, its views, its inward and outward curves - they are all spatial elements that correspond with their urban surroundings and at the same time serve as a benchmark for them. The dynamic architecture is the eponym for THE SPIN, whose concept is emphasized by the uniformly vertical façade structure: Transparent and black-colored glass panels alternate, vertically divided by chrome-plated profiles. THE SPIN, which emerged as the successful design from a competition, thus presents itself from all sides as an unmistakable landmark that effectively enriches the Frankfurt skyline.

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Project Factsheet

LocationFrankfurt am Main, Germany
Competition2017
Ranking1. Platz
Planning2018 - 2018
Completion2023
ClientGroß & Partner GmbH
Gross Floor Area36,400 sqm
CertificatesDGNB Gold certificate (aspired)
Project ManagementChristian Tibi, Alexander von Heyer (Entwurf), Peter Olbert (Ausführung)
Project Team

Dagmar Nill, Mahsa Asaei, Betchem Bogdan, Ariana Harasymiw,  Christiane Linnekogel, Jorge Monjardino, Alice Pape, Ana Pires, Sascha Schröder, Leoni Stauf, Christina Tibi, Christian Troche, Kamil Trojan, Xiaopeng Li, Pouria Babakhani, Luis Neuber (working student)

Image CopyrightLars Gruber