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Structure-ID: s0003332
Created on: 05/23/02
Modified on: 07/17/07


Wilhelm-Marx-Haus

Built: 1922 - 1924
Status: in use
Address: Heinrich-Heine-Allee 53
Location: Altstadt, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Wilhelm-Marx-Haus
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Office building
Next to: Carsch-Haus (1915)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Wilhelm Heinrich Kreis

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner extension
  Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky extension
Renovation (1979-1983)
Structural engineering KKK Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height max. 57 m
  number of floors (above ground) 6 - 12

Notes & Comments
The building is considered to be the or one of the first high-rise buildings in Germany.
When built it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in Europe according to the German press.

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Relevant Literature
* Kanz, Roland   Architekturführer Düsseldorf, Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3496012323, 2001; pp. 34.

 
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