Waterfront Hotel and Boarding House, Frankfurt, Germany
Barkow Leibinger has unveiled details of their competition-winning proposal for the Waterfront Hotel and Boarding House in Molenkopf, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Barkow Leibinger scheme manifests as a triangular pinwheel with offset corners defined by the depths of hotel rooms. The mass of the 60-meter-tall building is further broken down by a folded accordion façade to maximize the panoramic views of the European Central Bank, and Frankfurt skyline attainable from the site.