NORD/LB Hannover

The new headquarters of the Norddeutsche Landesbank is the most spectacular building that has been built in Hanover in the last years. With its transparence, its landmark high-rise, its courageous constructions and an innovative energy concept, the new building also is a pioneer among office complexes built in Germany. The internationally renowned Stuttgart-based architecture firm Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner has created an attractive workplace for the bank´s 1500 employees, at the same time infusing the city space with new impulses with a pleasant public inner courtyard and an attractive annex housing shops and restaurants. This book presents this unique administrative building in all its aspects, accompanying the project from the initial competition to the building phase to its completion. Impressive photographs and precise texts serve to document the quality of this outstanding piece of architecture.