The Maintower is a skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building is 200 meters high (including the transmission tower 240m) and has 5 underground floors and 56 above-ground stories. It also has two public viewing platforms. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (790x1948, 353 KB) The Maintower (official spelling: MAIN-TOWER) at twilight Source: own photograph File links The following pages link to this file: Maintower ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (790x1948, 353 KB) The Maintower (official spelling: MAIN-TOWER) at twilight Source: own photograph File links The following pages link to this file: Maintower ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ...
The Maintower was built between 1996 and 1999 and contains the bank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) and a television studio of the Hessischer Rundfunk, among other enterprises.
The foyer of the building has two art pieces accessible to the public: the video installation by Bill Viola "The World of Appearances" and the wall mosaic by Stephan Huber "Frankfurter Treppe / XX. Jahrhundert". Bill Viola (born January 25, 1951) is today known for his work in video art. ... Mosaic is a medium of art that may embody the most meaningful iconography in a cultures most important settings, as in the cathedral of Monreale (below), or it may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration. ...
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