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Structure-ID: s0002144
Created on: 18/10/01
Modified on: 28/05/08


Thyssen-Haus

"Dreischeibenhaus"
Built: 1957 - 1960
Status: in use
Address: August-Thyssen-Straße 1
Location: Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Thyssen-Haus
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Structural Type:
Frame structure
Function / usage:
Office building
Next to: Schauspielhaus (1970)

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Structural engineer Kuno Boll

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Owner Thyssen-Krupp AG
  Phoenix Rheinrohr AG (1960)
Architecture Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner
Steel supplier Phoenix Rheinrohr AG

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  steel
Dimensions
  height 94 m

Chronology
1955
Phoenix Rheinrohr AG holds a competition for the building design. The winners are Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner.

Notes & Comments
The columns are made of steel pipes produced by the owning company.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Verwaltungsgebäude der Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG (Thyssen) Dreischeibenhaus German English French Spanish Italian
External LinkHPP: Thyssenhaus Düsseldorf German

Relevant Literature
* L'immeuble de la Société Phoenix-Rheinrohr à Düsseldorf (Allemagne), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", July 1961 v. 26 .
* Kanz, Roland   Architekturführer Düsseldorf, Dietrich Riemer Verlag, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3496012323, 2001; pp. 39.
* Schneider, Max   Les dispositifs d'ancrage qui assurent la résistance au vent du building de la Société Phoenix-Rheinrohr à Düsseldorf, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", October 1959 v. 24 .
* Werner, Heike   Architektur und Geschichte in Deutschland, Heike Werner Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3980947114, 2006; pp. 142-143.

 
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