Hanseatic Trade Center

Hanseatic Trade Center
Hanseatic Trade Center, aerial view from the North
General information
Status	Completed
Location	HafenCity, Hamburg
Coordinates	53°32′33″N 9°59′4″E / 53.54250°N 9.98444°E / 53.54250; 9.98444
Named for	Hanseatic League
Groundbreaking	1990
Opened	1997
Cost	€ 400 million
Height
Tip	104 m
Technical details
Material	red brick, glass
Floor count	23
Floor area	93,000 m2 (1,000,000 sq ft)

The Hanseatic Trade Center (HTC) is a major office complex in the HafenCity of Hamburg, Germany. Developed after an urban design competition in the 1980s, and built in five phases during the 1990s, it was the first new construction in the urban renewal of this part of the Port of Hamburg. Parts of the Hanseatic Trade Center along Kehrwiederfleet complement the historic Speicherstadt, while its western end at Kehrwiederspitze features two high-rise structures.

The Hanseatic Trade Center comprises a total floor area of 93,000 m² (1,000,000 sq ft). It is located on the western tip of HafenCity, surrounded by water on three sides. To the north, Binnenhafen separates it from Hamburg's Altstadt (old town), to the south it is facing Sandtorhafen and HafenCity proper. Public transport is available at Baumwall station, just across Niederbaumbrücke.

During construction and the first years after, the five buildings were named by order of development phase. When Tishman Speyer Properties and Quantum Immobilien AG acquired four of the five buildings in 2005, the buildings were subsequently marketed by names of famous explorers and seafarers:

• Phase I: Vespucci-Haus (1993) by Kohn Pedersen Fox^[1]
• Phase II: Columbus-Haus (2002) by Nägele, Hofmann & Tiedemann^[2]
• Phase III: Humboldt-Haus (1992) by Dieter Heusch^[3]
• Phase IV: Amundsen-Haus (1999) by Gerkan, Marg & Partner^[4]
• Phase V: Kehrwiederspitze (1997) by Kleffel, Köhnholdt & Gundermann^[5]

Kehrwiederspitze was the only building not sold in 2005. The entire complex lies within the flood-exposed area of the Lower Elbe. Therefore, all five buildings are connected by a network of upper floor boardwalks among each other and to the inner-city.

• List of tallest buildings in Hamburg
• List of tallest buildings in Germany
• List of world trade centers

Media related to Hanseatic Trade Center at Wikimedia Commons

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• Hanseatic Trade Center at Structurae