architecture

IG Farben Building

Frankfurt on the Main, Hesse, Germany

I. G.-Farben-Haus [German]
Poelzig-Bau [German]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Poelzig Building
historic names
General Creighton W. Abrams Building
1975-1996
built
1928-1931
culture
German
style/period
New Objectivity
work type by function
1931–1945
office building
1945–1996
governmental office building
1945–1996
military building
2001–2011
university
material
steel, brick, travertine
technique
steel frame
architect
Hans Poelzig

Specifications

height
35.0 m
length
250.0 m
stories (above ground)
9

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Germany » Hesse » Frankfurt on the Main » Westend » Westend - North
local language location name
Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland [German]