Prime Tower
The Prime Tower, also named "Maag-Tower" in an earlier stage of planning, is a skyscraper (Hochhaus) in Zurich, Switzerland. At a height of 126 metres (413 ft), it was the highest skyscraper in Switzerland from 2011 until 2015, when the Roche Tower in Basel (standing at 178 metres (584 ft)) was finished.
| Prime Tower | |
|---|---|
View in August 2011 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office building |
| Location | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°23′10″N 8°31′02″E / 47.3860°N 8.5172°ECoordinates: 47°23′10″N 8°31′02″E / 47.3860°N 8.5172°E |
| Construction started | November 19, 2008[1] |
| Completed | December 2011 |
| Opening | 6 December 2011[2] |
| Cost | CHF 380 million[3] (USD 417 million) |
| Owner | Swiss Prime Site AG |
| Height | |
| Roof | 126 metres (413 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36[1] |
| Floor area | 39,500 m2 (425,000 sq ft)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gigon/Guyer |
| Developer | Swiss Prime Site AG[5] |
| Main contractor | Losinger (Bouygues)[4] |
| Website | |
| www | |
The building is located near the Hardbrücke railway station in Zürich West of the Industriequartier. The tower replaces an industrial facility.
According to its developers, the tower's construction, which took 15 years to plan and execute, was a financial success, with its valuation based on lease rates exceeding the construction cost by CHF 110 million.[3]
A webcam on top of the building offers a 360° view of Zürich.[6]
Residents
The tower and its two companion buildings, Cubus and Diagonal, are used primarily as office buildings. As of its opening in December 2011, the tower hosts the "Clouds" bar and restaurant on its top floor, a conference center, the Hotel Rivington & Sons on the ground floor, as well as the offices of Deutsche Bank Schweiz, Homburger AG, Transammonia, Korn/Ferry International, Citibank Switzerland, Infosys, Repower AG, Ernst & Young, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Nexxiot AG and consulting companies.
Gallery
Prime Tower at night.
Prime Tower from the ground at night.
Main entrance of the Prime Tower at night.
Prime Tower in daylight.
View from Clouds restaurant at the top of Prime Tower.
Prime Tower Construction Site at night.
References
- ^ a b c "Foundation stone laid for Zurich's Prime Tower". Swissinfo. November 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ Wallace, Ellen (7 December 2011). "Zurich is now 126 metres tall". Geneva Lunch. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Der grüne Turm öffnet die Türen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 7 December 2011. p. 19.
- ^ "Bouygues va construire des tours en Suisse et en Russie" (in French). Le Point. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ^ https://www.primetower.ch/webcam/
External links
- Media related to Prime Tower (Zürich) at Wikimedia Commons
- Prime Tower website
- Webcam summary from April 2008 to October 2011
- Time-lapse movie of the tower's construction on YouTube