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TK Elevator Test Tower

The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At 232 m (761 ft), the tower contains Germany's tallest observation deck. Completed in 2017, it was then the tallest elevator test tower in the world, as we…

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Rottweil, Rottweil, Germany

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Helmut Jahn

1940-2021 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

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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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