Architecture

Alpha Rotex

The former residential area of the US armed forces, Gateway Gardens, plays a key role in the expansion of Frankfurt Airport.

Arcor House

The H-shaped complex comprising the curved high-rise and two lower sections is characterized by solidity and quality. 

AXA Office Building

In terms of municipal planning the given circumstances call for maximum use of the available land.

Bab Tarablus

The proposal was chosen from several international expert opinions which had been called in. This is one of the largest construction projects in Libya at present.

Bank building

Although conventional in the construction is of unusual clarity.

Bank building

The building site for the new Sal. Oppenheim headquarters occupies a prominent location on the Kirchberg plateau.

Bank building

 It was created through the merging of two buildings behind a single facade.

Bank building

This branch of the Dresdner Bank was built the on land at the corner of a row of intact old buildings.

Barck­haus­strasse

As an entry to the urban planning competition for the site of the former job center between Barckhausstrasse and Feuerbachstrasse, and adjoining Bockenheimer Landstrasse, a residential high-rise would have made for a sensible option. 

Block 11, Neue Vahr

The “Neue Vahr” development dates from 1957 and represents a peak in Modernist urban residential architecture. 

Bundesbank

Mit diesem Projekt beabsichtigt die Deutsche Bundesbank nunmehr die vorgesehenen Bereiche und Installationen entsprechend den Vorgaben des Brandschutzkonzeptes zu sanieren.

Communi­cation buildings

In terms of urban planning, the real estate available left almost no site-specific leeway for the architects.

Danziger Platz

Danziger Platz represents an intersection between Ostend, Ostpark and Hanauer Landstrasse. The relocation of the European Central Bank will change the site structurally.

Dow Wiesbaden

Der Hauptsitz von „The Dow Chemical Company“ in Deutschland wird von Schwalbach am Taunus nach Wiesbaden verlegt. Auf dem Betriebsgelände in der Rheingaustraße in Wiesbaden-Schierstein entsteht auf Grundlage des Entwurfs der Jo. Franzke Generalplaner GmbH neben den bereits bestehenden drei Firmengebäuden von Dow ein Bürogebäude, in dem der zukünftige Hauptverwaltungssitz untergebracht wird. Die Bestandsgebäude werden ebenfalls von Jo. Franzke Generalplaner saniert.

Eschborn­ Plaza

Two striking office blocks, one 12, the other 13 stories high have been built in Eschborn.

Estate Im Mainfeld

In the 1970s ten residential high-rises were built on the periphery of Niederrad close to the River Main; today the area is considered a social flashpoint. In order to upgrade the district an urban development competition was held, which was won by the design Jo. Franzke Architekten submitted. The plan represents a new concept for the estate based on the idea of reversing the rigid focus on high-rise structures.

Europa­boulevard South3

The architecture of the residential buildings featuring natural stone facades in Europaviertel.

Europa­boulevard South4

The Süd 4 residential building is also configured in accordance with the alignment of the Boulevard.

Europa­boulevard South5

The Europa district is being developed between Frankfurt’s trade fair complex and the banking district – on the site of erstwhile freight railway yards. Plot Süd 5 lies on the main artery of the new district, the 60-meter-wide Europaallee.

Europa­quartett

It will be the first residential and commercial building on Boulevard West in Frankfurt’s “Europaviertel” district.

Franken­steiner Hof

Originally, Frankensteiner Hof the seat of nobility. Following War damage the Drainage and Sewerage Department (Amt für Entwässerung) occupied the site, while the elongated complex is currently being converted into the Town Hall for Social Affairs, apartments and studios.

Friedrich­strasse

A residential building featuring luxurious interiors.

Gate A

An airport is a constantly expanding building project. Lufthansa, Frankfurt Airport’s biggest client, is growing likewise and A Wing in Terminal 1 was converted especially for the airline.

Guiollett­strasse

The ten-storey office building is located in an exclusive part of Frankfurt’s Westend district. After 16 years of use it is clearly in need of maintenance. It will receive new cladding and will now take the form of a stone cube into which a large window is inserted on each side, running the entire length of the building across all the main storeys.

Hafen­strasse

 The buildings will emulate the inner-city block structure – in a central location in Frankfurt/Main.

Handels­blatt

The Handelsblatt publishing house building is in keeping with the original buildings along Eschersheimer Landstraße.

Hansaallee

The new residential quarter on Hansaallee follows the sloping terrain and features plateaus aligned with the roads. Forming part of the ensemble, a six-story passivhaus with 35 apartments will be built next to a grove of chestnut trees.

Heinrich-Lübke-Settlement

Following a peer review Jo. Franzke Architekten assumed responsibility for redesigning the end buildings in the Heinrich Lübke residential development. This involves rendering more energy efficient and modernizing an existing seven-story building with a penthouse level, and building a new shopping center and six-story passivhaus-style residential building.

Hofgarten

The former Versorgungshaus und Wiesenhüttenstift building of 1911 is being converted into residential accommodation.

Holz­hausen­strasse

Parts of the first and second storeys are used for residential purposes

Hotel, Concert and Congress Center

The historical “Konzilsgebäude”, which has served up until now as a congress center, no longer meets modern standards.

House of the Press

Located behind the former Ullstein Verlag building, near to Charlottenstrasse, Kochstrasse and Markgrafenstrasse, Haus der Presse stands in what was once the Berlin publishing district. 

IHK Alte Börse

Architekturleistungen als Generalplaner für die Industrie- und Handelskammer Frankfurt am Main, Sanierung und Modernisierung des Gebäudeteiles Südseite.

Jade-Fabrik

Built in 1923 and measuring 120 by 25 meters, the Jade building was four stories tall, and housed production and storage areas. 

Jinmen Tower and Concert Hall

The urban design competition was for a gate house, a circular pedestrian bridge and a concert hall in the city centre of Tianjin.

Kuhhirten­turm

During the 1920's the Kuhhirtenturm, whose origins date back to Medieval times, was the residency of the famous German composer Paul Hindemith.

Le Quartier Central

On the site of the former marshaling yard in Düsseldorf’s Pempelfort district, a new residential ensemble is being built.

Level 0

The overall concept for the areas below ground level is based on the premise that visitors move around in spaces and never in corridors.

Lilly Pharma

Pharmaceuticals corporation Lilly is considered one of the most innovative and staff-oriented companies in Germany. The idea was to create a modern, representative architectural look that lent expression to the corporate philosophy.

Main-Arkaden

Close to the River Main in Frankfurt in the popular Deutschherren district, several areas of which have undergone development over the last 20 years, two construction plots, Q2 and Q3, are still available. The plan is to erect multi-storey residential buildings on both sites.

MainTor Palazzi

In the MainTor quarter on Frankfurt’s Untermainkai luxury apartments are being built on the front row, offering uninterrupted views of the river. Two five-storey urban villas, each with a penthouse, roof terrace and pergola, will make for spacious, and luxurious living. 

Metzler­strasse

A strictly structured residential building is being constructed in of the most up-market streets in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt. 

Museum of Technology

The strict master plan for the Ningbo Eastern New City Center influences the design for the Technology Museum. Framed on three sides by straight canals and accessed in the south from East Zhongshan Street, it fits snugly into the plot as a contoured building.

Mylius­strasse

The five-storey 1960s office building is located in the Westend district. From the outset its architecture marked a break with the surrounding Gründerzeit buildings. Today, however, it is worth preserving, representing as it does a testimony to German post-War reconstruction and Frankfurt’s development into a service-providing city.

New building and refurbishment of an office ensemble in Nymphenburger Straße

The existing office ensemble located in Nymphenburger Straße consists of a front and a back building, and a one-storey building along the boundary to the site. The front building was constructed in the early 1980s. The rear volume dates back to the end of the Second World War and was completely gutted and reorganised to the standard of the front edifice. Both volumes are constructed in concrete and brick and are clad in natural stone. They are now to be restored after almost thirty years of use.

Old Municipal Library

Even when it was inaugurated, Johann Friedrich Christian Hess’ historical, classicist Municipal Library was a compromise. Of the original design, only the portico and the entrance hall with its stairway were actually built.

Palais auf den Planken

The former Baroque Bankpalais at O 4.4 in downtown Mannheim will be newly built as a reconstruction of the original.

Park View Hotel

Dubai is going through an immense construction boom as part of its expansion into a services center.

Presidential Palace

Up until the 18th century, it was very prestigious to design the palace for the most powerful man in the land, a circumstance reflected in our design

Residential Area

On a plot consisting of two sections, in one of the city’s most prestigious locations an exclusive residential area is being built for around 80 residences and the requisite amenities.

Siesmayer­straße

At the rear of a plot of land neighboring Palmengarten two five and six-storey buildings with individually owned apartments are to be built. 

Tages­spiegel building

Potsdamer Strasse stands out for the peripheral block style of building that is typical of Berlin. 

Theodor-Heuss-Allee

The office building is located at the heart of the “City-West“ district, which owes its existence to a municipal planning report by Oswald Mathias Ungers dating from 1985. 

Town Hall

The existing complex of town hall and civic hall in the center of Eschborn was emblematic for the small town’s willy-nilly development into a boom town. 

University Library

The West entrance to the library is made up of a generously proportioned two-storey foyer. The latter flooded with light affords a view into the reading room. In the manner of a courtyard the foyer groups around its periphery other facilities such as cloakroom, café, information area, checkout terminal and exhibition area.

Vincentius Areal

Situated in the centre of Constance, ten residentials with 101 flats are to be built.

Westend Campus

The design aims to create a space which enables both communication and retreat.

Westend Windows

The seven-story building with penthouse is intended to strengthen the comparatively quiet southern edge of Bockenheimer Landstrasse, so as to form a counterweight to the inconsistent north side. 

Westsite

On the site at 195-197 Mainzer Landstrasse a seven-storey office building with 22,000 sq. m. of floor space is under construction. 

Wieland­strasse

The building, with its natural stone façade, fills the last remaining gap in the street. 

Wohnen am Dom

Beim Wettbewerb Wohnen am Dom in Erfurt hat das Büro Jo. Franzke Architekten eine von fünf Anerkennungen für den Entwurf erhalten.

Wohnhaus in der Allendestraße

Auf einem ca. 2.800 m² großen Areal an der Salvador-Allende-Straße in Frankfurt Bockenheim wurde der Neubau des Mehrfamilienhauses mit Kindertagesstätte errichtet. Das Planungsgebiet erstreckt sich mit in seiner Längsausrichtung entlang einer Privatstraße, der künftigen Salvador-Allende-Straße.

In dem zu errichtenden fünfgeschossigen Wohngebäude befindet sich im Erdgeschoss ein Kindergarten.