BÖRSENVEREIN DES DEUTSCHEN BUCHHANDEL
Conversion and extension of three listed buildings
| Location | Frankfurt am Main |
| Client | Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Frankfurt am Main |
| Floor Area | 15.592 m² |
| Completion | 2011 |
| Procurement | Competition |
| Project Team | processing by Scheffler + Partner Arch. in collaboration with Dobberstein Arch. |
| Phases | 2–9 |
Competition, 1st prize
The new home of the Börsenverein is located in Frankfurt’s city centre between Braubachstraße and Berliner Straße. It consists of three listed old buildings that are now part of the city’s familiar image. These three buildings and a new building house the entire Börsenverein group: the Börsenverein itself, the Gesellschaft für Ausstellungen und Messen and the Marketing- und Vertriebsgesellschaft (MVB) as well as other Börsenverein institutions.
They will be carefully adapted to their new use through refurbishment, remodelling, two extensions inside the block and connecting bridges.
Despite their different appearances, the two buildings in Braubachstrasse date back to 1926 and are part of the first major redevelopment of the old city centre, which was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century. In contrast, the house in Berliner Strasse was only completed in 1956. It symbolises the return of white modernism after the Second World War and pays homage to Le Corbusier’s ‘Pavillon Suisse’ in Paris.