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Frankfurt Wholesale Market Hall

Great Market Hall (Frankfurt, 1928)

General Information

Structural Type: Barrel shell
Function / usage: Market hall
Other name(s): Großmarkthalle Frankfurt
Built: 1926 - 1928
Status: under renovation

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe
Near European Central Bank Tower (2011)
Coordinates: 50° 6' 35.00" N    8° 42' 11.00" E

Technical Information

Dimensions

columns height 17.5 m
end buildings width 18 m
height 30 m
length 60 m
hall width 50 m
height 23 m
length 220 m
shell width 14.10 m
rise 6 m
span 36.90 m
dome radius 7.5 m
thickness 7 - 10 cm

Cost

cost of construction Reichsmark 15 372 000

Materials

shell reinforced concrete
shotcrete
columns reinforced concrete
bridges reinforced concrete

Participants

Initial construction (1926-1928)

Structural engineering
Co-contractor

Reconfiguration (2010-2015)

Architecture
Structural engineering

Rehabilitation (2010-2012)

Structural engineering
Contractor

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Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0017246
Created: 14/08/2005
Last Updated: 05/03/2013