Dreischeibenhaus Explained

Dreischeibenhaus
Location:	Düsseldorf, Germany
Map Type:	Germany
Start Date:	1957
Completion Date:	1960
Building Type:	Commercial offices
Roof:	950NaN0
Floor Count:	25
Floor Area:	33700-2NaN-2
Architect:	Hentrich, Petschnigg & Partner (Helmut Hentrich, Hubert Petschnigg)
Architectural Style:	International
Owner:	Momeni Projektentwicklung GmbH

The Dreischeibenhaus (English: "Three plates building", also known as the Dreischeibenhochhaus) is a 95-metre office building in August-Thyssen-Straße in the Hofgarten district of the Düsseldorf city centre. It was also known as the Thyssenhaus or Thyssen-Hochhaus owing to its former use as the headquarters of the Thyssen and ThyssenKrupp groups. It is among the most significant examples of post-war modernist International style and a symbol of the so-called Wirtschaftswunder, or 'economic miracle' of post-war Germany, and contrasts with the neighbouring Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus on Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz. Dreischeibenhaus, The "Three Plates Building" (a rough translation of its name in German), was one of the first skyscrapers to be completed in Germany after WW2.^[1]

In the early 1990s the building was completely refurbished including a new curtain wall matching the appearance of the original, but with improved thermal performance and moisture control.^[2]

After another complete renovation under the direction of Düsseldorf HPP Architects in 2013,^[3] the skyscraper now offers 35,000 m² of gross floor area.^[4]

References

• Werner Durth: Düsseldorf: Demonstration der Modernität. In: Klaus von Beyme et al., ed. Neue Städte aus Ruinen. Deutscher Städtebau der Nachkriegszeit. Munich: Prestel, 1992,, pp. 239 - 40.
• "Dreischeibenhaus für 72 Millionen Euro verkauft" Rheinische Post, 2 June 2011.
• "Das Dreischeibenhaus wird umgebaut" Rheinische Post, 4 June 2011.
• "Dreischeibenhaus an Schwarz-Schütte" Rheinische Post, 15 June 2011.
• Werner Durth: Deutsche Architekten. Biographische Verflechtungen 1900–1970. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1992,, pp. 456 - 57.
• Adolf Max Vogt, Ulrike Jehle-Schulte Strathaus, Bruno Reichlin: Architektur 1940–1980. Frankfurt: Propyläen, 1980,, Plate 103, p. 127 and text pp. 38, 215.
• Werner Müller, Gunther Vogel: DTV-Atlas zur Baukunst, Vol. 2 (Baugeschichte von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart), 2nd ed. Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1981,, pp. 546 - 47.
• Rolf Purpar: Kunststadt Düsseldorf. Objekte und Denkmäler im Stadtbild. 2nd ed. Düsseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 2009,, p. 84.

Further reading

• Heike Werner: Architektur und Geschichte in Deutschland. München 2006, .
• Roland Kanz: Architekturführer Düsseldorf. Berlin 2001, .
• Falk Jaeger: Bauen in Deutschland. Stuttgart 1985, .
• Paul Ernst Wentz: Architekturführer Düsseldorf. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1975, Objektnr. 13, .

External links

• skyscraperpage.com description of Dreischeibenhaus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mi Modern Architecture.
2. Web site: Curtain wall refurbishment : a challenge to manage. DOCOMOMO Seminar, January 25, 1996. DOCOMOMO. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191031040149/https://pure.tue.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/4387987/496297.pdf . 31 October 2019 .
3. Web site: Dreischeibenhaus HPP Architekten. www.hpp.com. 2019-10-31.
4. Web site: Dreischeibenhaus . Momeni Projektentwicklung . 3 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150704074954/http://www.momeni-immobilien.com/en/projects/selection/dreischeibenhaus/ . 4 July 2015 . dead .