Transformation of a Pioneering Project

The former Commerzbank highrise building in Düsseldorf features Germany’s first prefabricated element facade. Converting it into a hotel entailed strictly maintaining the existing appearance.
From 2016 to 2021, following many years of vacancy, one of the most important highrise buildings of German postwar modernism was revitalised and converted into a hotel. The twelve storey structure was built from 1959 to 1962 according to plans by Paul Schneider-Esleben in the banking district of Düsseldorf, complementing the German Commerzbank headquarters. In 1998 it was added to...
The former Commerzbank highrise building in Düsseldorf features Germany’s first prefabricated element facade. Converting it into a hotel entailed strictly maintaining the existing appearance.