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Bahntower

The Bahntower, also written as BahnTower and Bahn-Tower, is a 26-story, 103-metre (338 ft) skyscraper on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany. Built between 1998 and 2000, the Bahntower provides 22,000 m2 (240,000 sq ft) of office space for the headquarters of Deutsche Bahn. It is the sixth-tallest building in Berlin and the sixty-fourth tallest building in Germany.

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2000

Bezirk Mitte, Bezirk Mitte, Germany

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tower office Office building

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Skyscraper in Berlin, Germany

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Helmut Jahn

1940-2021 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Role: lead architect

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Helmut Jahn was a German and American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok, Thailand, among others.

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Murphy/Jahn

practice · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Role: designer

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